By ATB, Eju.tv: Doctor denies having signed the certificate circulating on social media, attributed to Morales’ defense Herland Munguía Poma stated that the certification circulating on social networks bears his name, registration number, and even his seal, but he neither attended to nor knows the former MAS leader in person. Herland Humberto Munguía Poma, a…
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A Fascist Named Evo | Un facho llamado Evo
By Juan José Toro Montoya, Brujula Digital: Researcher Kevin Passmore defines fascism as “a set of ideologies and practices that seeks to place the nation, defined in exclusive biological, cultural, and/or historical terms, above all other sources of loyalty, and to create a mobilized national community.” Marxists, on the other hand, maintain the definition approved…
Masismo 101: Complicity among rogues, and cynicism | Complicidad entre pillos y el cinismo
By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula Digital: Whale Skin I confess that my capacity for amazement remains intact: “I can’t understand” (as the Chapare cacique always says) the cynicism that protects certain national political figures like a bulletproof vest. These individuals seem impervious to everything, including direct accusations about their ethical and moral, not just political,…
Is This the End of an Era? | ¿Final de ciclo?
By Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, El Deber: In an unlikely turn of events, the presidential spokesperson for Luis Arce Catacora has announced, following a detailed analysis, the end of the cycle of the so-called “Process of Change” that gave rise to the Plurinational State and its “communitarian model”. In essence, Jorge Richter has certified the failure of…
Fitch downgrades Bolivia’s rating | Fitch baja la calificación de Bolivia
The Star: Fitch cut the country to CCC from B- after reserves dipped by US$2.1bil last year to just US$1.7bil. — Bloomberg LA PAZ: Bolivia was downgraded further into junk territory by Fitch Ratings, which says falling international reserves threaten the nation’s ability to service its debt. Fitch cut the country to CCC from B-…
FALSE LEADERS, MUD IDOLS | FALSOS LÍDERES, ÍDOLOS DE BARRO
Editorial, El Dia: They have just inaugurated a monument to the former mining leader and former parliamentarian, Filemón Escobar in the city of Catavi Potosí and social networks were quickly filled with praise, extolling the “great leader”, the “social fighter”, the “champion of transformation”. and a series of praises worthy of a saint. The most…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 