Editorial, Página Siete: Finally, it was established that the government authorities, and particularly the National Institute of Statistics (INE), were lying to the country when they said that the process for carrying out the Population and Housing Census in November of this year was on wheels, that the census ballot was almost finished and that…
Tag: demagogue
Imposition, instead of consensus – Imposición, en vez de consenso
Editorial, Página Siete: Although the government of Luis Arce is less strident than that of Evo Morales, both are very similar in the exercise of power. For example, if they do not have a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Assembly to elect high-ranking state officials, they issue decrees for their direct appointment. This mechanism was…
Dismissed for denouncing illegal gold exploitation | Destituida por denunciar explotación ilegal de oro
ANF, Página Siete: Santos Quispe dismisses the deputy governor who denounced illegal gold exploitation The former authority considered that her dismissal was due to her strong defense of natural reserves, in the face of mining depredation in the north of La Paz. “For denouncing illegal mining, they fired me,” said Genoveva Espinoza, who yesterday was…
Titicaca: A polluted lake | Un lago contaminado
EFE, Los Tiempos: Vista del lago Titicaca. | View of Lake Titicaca. | Foto archivo They identify more than a hundred polluting sources of Lake Titicaca More than a hundred polluting sources harm the quality of the waters of Lake Titicaca, according to the latest inventory carried out by the Binational Authority of Lake Titicaca…
To citizen Iván Lima: | Al ciudadano Iván Lima:
Juan Cristóbal Soruco, Página Siete: His first statement after being sworn in as Minister of Justice and Transparency, on November 9, 2020, gave me hope that there was at least one new authority that seemed to understand the message of the October elections of that year and that he was determined to lead a reconciliation…
Bolivia: returns to hydrocarbon deficit | vuelve al déficit en hidrocarburos
Editorial, El Deber: After 30 years, what was seen to come and what those who know were warning about finally happened: Bolivia has a deficit between exports and imports of hydrocarbons; this means that more is spent on buying fuel from abroad than what is earned from the sale of natural gas. According to official…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 