Editorial, El Deber: Blocking roads is, without a doubt, the most undemocratic protest measure that can exist, and Bolivia can more than attest to the perverse consequences that this pressure measure has left throughout recent history. In August 2020, a general road blockade, in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, prevented the arrival of…
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The mockery of January 22 | La mofa del 22 de enero
Manfredo Kempff., El Deber: The mockery of January 22 The January 22 holiday is a mockery, it is the biggest rant that has been made on historical issues in the country and that should no longer be allowed. January 22 is not remembered as Plurinational State Day; t is a lie, because what is being…
The plurinational and the irrational | Lo plurinacional y lo irracional
Editorial, Correo del Sur: Division: that was the characteristic of the 15th celebration that former president Evo Morales took out of the blue in 2010 as one of the many changes that were introduced in the country in order to satisfy his insatiable egomania. In reality, January 22 is not the anniversary of the founding…
Exhaustion of a cycle – MAS – Agotamiento de un ciclo
Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: The MAS playing on another court The crisis of representation throughout the political spectrum (both in the ruling party and in the opposition), marks the exhaustion of a relatively long cycle that began after the collapse of the previous political system, around the year 2000. The Movement towards Socialism, which was…
Economic waste – MAS – Despilfarro económico
El Diario: Economic waste of the MAS forces the Government to instruct austerity measures After learning of a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy in which public sector entities are instructed to apply austerity measures to “precaute financial stability,” the senator for the Citizen Community (CC), Andrea Barrientos, pointed out that the waste of…
The cries of the wolf | Los lamentos del lobo
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: If we did not know Evo Morales, many of us would be dismayed by his lamentations or even some of us would start crying. He speaks from his radio Kawsachum Coca, in his Sunday program, and leaves the impression that an honest and inexperienced, as well as upright citizen, has been…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 