By Francesco Zaratti: One hundred days after the inauguration of Rodrigo Paz Pereira, the Bolivian political landscape shows a marked contrast: while significant progress has been recorded in the economic and political spheres, two heavy scandals are, on the other hand, putting the government’s stability to the test. The Fuel Emergency: Inefficiency or Sabotage? The…
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Audits and removal of officials linked to the MAS | Auditorias y remoción de funcionarios ligados al MAS
By El Diario: To stop “internal sabotage” Audits and removal of officials linked to the MAS are demanded Joining the views that point to alleged “internal sabotage” within state entities in charge of the hydrocarbons sector, the national assemblyman for La Paz, Alejandro Reyes, called on authorities in the area to carry out an internal…
Masismo turned land into loot to benefit mafias | El masismo transformó la tierra en un botín para beneficiar a mafias
By El Diario: After being sworn in as the new Vice Minister of Lands, Hormando Vaca Diez said that during nearly 20 years of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in power, many fallacies were constructed, including the supposed defense of natural resources and Mother Earth, when reality showed that the socialist regime turned land into…
Bolivia cancela proyecto chino de zinc y exige correcciones en planta siderúrgica | Bolivia cancels Chinese zinc project, demands steel plant fixes
Por Mining.com: Proyecto de fundición de zinc. Crédito: ENFI El nuevo gobierno de Bolivia está cancelando un proyecto planificado de zinc adjudicado a un consorcio chino y exigirá que otra empresa china corrija deficiencias en un complejo siderúrgico. Las autoridades están anulando una refinería de zinc de 350 millones de dólares, dijo el ministro de…
The Vice Presidency as Theater | La Vicepresidencia como teatro
Editorial Bolivian Thoughts: Edmand Lara and the Vice Presidency as Political Theater Bolivia does not need more speeches. It does not need more indignation. It does not need another loud politician pretending to be heroic while the country sinks. What Bolivia needs is seriousness after almost twenty years of MAS destruction: empty reserves, distorted subsidies,…
U.S. Pressures Bolivia Over Iran Links | EEUU presiona a Bolivia por vínculos con Irán
By Reuters, Erbol: U.S. Pressures Bolivia to Expel Alleged Iranian Spies, Reuters Reports City of La Paz. File Photo/REUTERS The United States is pressuring Bolivia to expel alleged Iranian spies from the South American country and to designate Tehran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, according to two sources with direct knowledge…
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