Indigenous Bolivians flee homes as backlash to mining protest turns explosive by Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: Environmental activists in Bolivia say they’ve become the targets of discrimination, death threats and even bombings after speaking out against harmful mining operations in the department of Oruro. The activists, most of them women, have faced escalating violence this year because…
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MAS admits to having gone bankrupt! | ¡MAS admite haber quebrado!
El Diario: The gas has run out and the Government “does not have money” The President of the State, Luis Arce Catacora, publicly admitted yesterday that “the gas has run out” and that his government no longer has the resources to meet the demands of the population. He insisted that “the right” and the “evista”…
Dangerous denial on economic status | Negación peligrosa sobre el estatus económico
By ANF, Eju.tv: Analyst on Moody’s report: Government’s denial is already dangerous for the country The expert stated that the downgrade in sovereign debt rating is a “very low credit quality rating.” After the report from the rating agency Moody’s, which downgrades Bolivia’s credit rating from Caa1 to Caa3, economist Gabriel Espinoza stated that the…
Economy in bankruptcy | Economía en quiebra
Editorial, El Dia: The Economist is the most prestigious specialized publication in the world. Major billionaires, the most serious governments, and leading global companies make decisions based on its articles and opinions. Luis Arce cannot dismiss them as mere “opinion makers” and “doomsayers,” as he often labels those who have been talking for years about…
The importance of agreeing | La importancia de pactar
By Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: From the very first day of its government, the spearhead of the MAS was to attack democratic freedom. Their main target was what they called “pact democracy,” portraying it as a group of inefficient parties that divvied up power like in a lottery to take advantage of state resources and…
Malfeasance managing lithium | Estafa en la gestión del litio
Editorial, Opinion: New Plundering of the Bolivian State? An audit conducted by Yacimientos del Litio Bolivianos (YLB) on the construction of the evaporation pools at the lithium plant in the Uyuni salt flats concluded that at least four crimes were committed in this project, resulting in an economic damage of 425 million Bolivianos to the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 