Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: On the brink of a coup d’état Since his withdrawal, not retirement, Juan del Granado has made a very correct observation: “there was a too hasty constitutional succession.” And now the country is paying the price for that mistake. MAS had been defeated. During the battle, the cocalero defenders…
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The permanent Bolivian crisis – La permanente crisis boliviana
Editorial from El Dia: The permanent Bolivian crisis Does anyone remember when Bolivia was free of ultimatums? When was it that we were without threats? When could we get away from the precipice, without being about to take the step towards the abyss? When could we dream of leaving the old stigma of an infeasible…
MAS corruption 101
Gregorio Lanza writes in Pagina Siete: Candidate Arce, how much does the corruption of the Evo regime amount to? Citizens are tired of corruption. Thirteen years of the MAS regime left an indelible mark, especially in the middle classes, which can be the incentive to build a better country. The rejection of this socio-political disease…
It was fraud, dammit! – ¡Fue fraude, carajo!
Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: It was fraud, dammit! The Death Eaters, those who long, announce and prepare for the return of the Dark Lord, have returned to the fray with the matter concluded, rushed and sacramented by electoral fraud. “There was no fraud,” they point out, and their main argument is “a…
Informality and overcrowding – Informalidad y hacinamiento
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Informality and overcrowding It was necessary to have a lot of ignorance to say that Bolivia in these years was going to be the same as Switzerland in terms of development and well-being, but demagoguery did not prevent it, what is more, all its obsequents applauded that exaggeration and…
Fear and dying in pandemic-enveloped Bolivia
Milan Sime Martoinic writes in The Week: Bolivia is bewildered about the concept of being held hostage by an invisible enemy Parallel universes of fear and death play out life on tracks where others live out quarantine in comfort and safety. In between, others are trapped between a virtual devastation and an uncertain hope. Nowhere…
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