Editorial, Los Tiempos: The occurrences of the State Attorney Apart from the pressure exerted by his co-partisans regarding the formation of his cabinet of ministers, the President of the State must also endure the questionable occurrences of some high authorities that he himself appointed. This is the case of the Attorney General of the State,…
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MAS: Who stole like them? – ¿Quién robó como ellos?
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Corruption, looking at the straw in another’s eye The corruption that has been revealed in Santa Cruz, with the so-called phantom items, confirms, for the umpteenth time, that this evil infests without distinction those who exercise power. The government has tried to take advantage of the situation to discredit Santa Cruz, without…
‘Only the rains will stop it’: Bolivia forest fires hit protected areas
by Yvette Sierra Praeli on 7 January 2022 | Translated by Sydney Sims, Mongabay: In the first 10 months of 2021, forest fires in Bolivia razed nearly 2.5 million hectares (6.2 million acres) in the department of Santa Cruz alone, exceeding the figure for the whole of 2020. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s biggest department, 58% of the burned…
Education – Bolivia 101 – Educación
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Education, a health and administrative matter Education in Bolivia is a health, administrative and formalities issue, at least in the public system. In 26 days, about 3 million students start the 2022 school year in the modality defined by their educational unit and the corresponding administrative authorities, according to the circumstances of…
Arce: Does he deserve to be president and can he govern? – ¿Merece ser presidente y puede gobernar?
Arce, under masista pressure Fourteen months after having inaugurated his mandate, the President of the State seems to be in a particularly delicate moment, as he must find the balance between the pressures of his party, the imminent urgencies of a management that is shaping up to be complicated, especially on the economic issue. and…
Bolivian political opposition – La oposición política boliviana
Renzo Abruzzese, PaginaSiete: Opposition parliamentarians In one thing the MAS has been more than efficient, in installing in the public perception the image of an inefficient, maladjusted, inoperative, inept opposition; any negative and denigrating qualifier fits what the ruling party wants to build as the image of the opposition deputies and senators. Under the fascist…
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