A cartoon from Pagina Siete: It is disgusting to see how the coca grower caudillo had wasted over $150 billion dollars during the years of his presidency. Now that the international prices of our commodity exports have fallen, the demagogue populist has no better option than to continue to squeeze those of us who relentlessly…
Tag: democracy in peril
Freedom of Expression is under peril in Bolivia!
Today’s cartoon in El Diario reflects Bolivian democracy is in danger! The press is being hunted fierce and relentlessly by the masistas. Freedom of expression is under peril. Owners and journalists of media who remain “independent”, that is: not under the control of the government, who have not been bought or “purchased” with propaganda money…
Brazil, Bolivia Gang Up on International Drug Ring
Written by Mike LaSusa for Insight Crune; Brazil, Bolivia Gang Up on International Drug Ring Authorities in Brazil and Bolivia carried out a joint operation against a group suspected of international drug trafficking in the latest sign of increasing law enforcement cooperation between Brazil and its cocaine-producing neighbors. Media outlets based in both countries reported…
Two undeniable facts in Bolivian politics?!
There are two undeniable facts in today’s Bolivian politics: One, the poor economic performance, eliminating national production, allowing smuggling of all sorts of poor quality, used Indian and Chinese products … Two, People is fed up with the coca grower caudillo and you can see in many cities graffiti like this one, condemning and rejecting…
Sex, lies and paternity claims: Bolivia’s president reels amid tumultuous scandal
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Sex, lies and paternity claims: Bolivia’s president reels amid tumultuous scandal A real-life telenovela of sex, lies and paternity claims has gripped Bolivia, putting unprecedented pressure on one of Latin America’s most consistently popular leaders – and prompting warnings that press freedom in the country is under threat. When…
It gets harder to do business in Bolivia … WTH?!
I feel frustrated as I see my country loosing opportunities and time to catch up with the world in this century! We have been taken over by demagogue populists that only think about self-perpetuating in power … Only Venezuela and Haiti are ahead of us … nevertheless we fall third in this shameful list. Of…
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