Pagina Siete: Two ways to vote October 18 is not just any election. Democracy is at stake in Bolivia, after almost 14 years of an authoritarian government and after a transitional government that lacks the legitimacy provided by the ballot box. The ignorance of the results of the referendum of February 21, 2016, the qualification…
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Amedrentamiento – Intimidation
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: Intimidation and the need for democracy The MAS, Evo Morales, David Choquehuanca, Luis Arce are using intimidation of the voters, they resort to fear so that the voter does not have the freedom to choose. These threats are not democratic, they bring out the authoritarianism and dictatorial tendencies of the MAS….
Bolivia struggles to contain wildfires, declares natural disaster
TRT World: The wildfires have affected more than 600 families but no fatalities have been reported so far. Bolivia has declared a state of disaster after wildfires ravaged forested and agricultural areas in the eastern part of the country. In 2019, wildfires destroyed more than 6 million hectares in the Bolivian Amazon. So far this…
Demagogia cínica – Cynical demagogy
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Oil collectors It will be difficult to forget that, in this electoral campaign, candidate Luis Arce Catacora announced that, from the government, he would collect the used edible oil from the families to recycle it and thus, in five years, prevent Bolivia from importing diesel. Some state-owned company of instantaneous creation…
Primero – Bolivia – First
Editorial, El Diario: The country is before political interests and conveniences We are a few days away from the electoral process on October 18; the people, as always, hope that partisan politics, and especially the candidates, will show that they can be aware of the country and that their responsibility forces them to maintain serenity…
Falta de propuestas – Lack of proposals
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The announced presidential debate will certainly show that the candidates do not have proposals capable of showing that they are aware of the size of the crisis. The country needs to be reinvented, as if the accident and implausible discovery made by Diego Huallpa in 1545 or the discovery of oil…
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