Editorial from El Deber: Unlimited ambition of MAS The lack of commitment to Bolivians and the ambition for power shown by the assembly members, the militants and the MAS chief, Evo Morales, continues to surprise. The call to elections in three months, ignoring the deadlines that the Supreme Electoral Court clearly gave, and the mobilizations…
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Bolivia NGO warns of increase in forest fires
AFP reports for CNA: LA PAZ: Environmentalists in Bolivia warned on Thursday (Apr 30) of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threaten a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged much of the Amazon in 2019. Bolivia registered 15,354 forest fires in the first four months of the year – a 35…
A biased IACHR – Una CIDH sesgada
Alfonso Gumucio writes in Pagina Siete: The MAS-IACHR dumbbell I am tempted to include this irony as an anecdote in Ripley’s book because “although you do not believe it”, such a perverse dumbbell has never been seen before between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that depends on the OAS, and a party politician…
The Twin Contagions Facing Latin America
By OTTO REICH & ORLANDO GUTIERREZ for National Review: Central and South America must contend not with just coronavirus, but also with the resurgent temptations of socialism and Communism. Latin America is facing the simultaneous onslaught of two potent viruses: one biological, the other ideological. Many Latin-American nations lack efficient health-care systems and preventive measures to fight the former:…
Business deficit originated in 14 years – Déficit empresarial originado en 14 años
Editorial from El Diario: Business deficit originated in 14 years In the 14 years of government of Evo Morales and Álvaro García Linera, Bolivia contracted a growing external debt of 11 billion dollars and is 26% of the Gross Domestic Product. The fiscal deficit is 28%, undoubtedly the highest in the country’s economic history due…
Video: Shopkeepers in Bolivia Violating Quarantine Attack Journalists
Frances Martel reports for Breitbart: Shopkeepers at a plaza in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, attacked a team of journalists and kidnapped them on Monday, threatening not to let them out if they did not delete footage of the shopkeepers violating a coronavirus quarantine. Bolivia, like many other countries, has imposed a 14-day lockdown to prevent the spread of…
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