Francesco Zaratti writes in Pagina Siete: Austerity? Austere comes from a Latin and Greek root original literally means “rough, bitter to taste” and figuratively “mortified, penitent, remote and quiet,” according to a learned Alex Grijelmo column (El País, 01/03/2013). As I taught my children, to be austere is very different from being greedy or stingy,…
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“thanks” to current Bolivian gov, a thousand Bolivians seek refuge in Brazil
El Deber reports on one of the most disgusting characteristics of the coca-grower’s presidency: REFUGEE DAY Conare reveals that 1,000 Bolivians seek refuge in Brazil Most of those are related to the Porvenir case. Bolivia gave shelter to 850 people. The President of Conare Bolivia, César Siles said that in Brazil there are 1,000 applications…
Under the presidency of the coca grower: Bonanza, waste and poverty
Wilfredo Ramirez writes in El Diario: Bonanza, waste and poverty After 9 years in power, the plurinational Government was unable to correct its deficiencies. By their nonsense or “gaffes” that blush Bolivian society and seriously compromise its administration, the ship of state runs the risk of capsize at any moment, before continuing social conflict of…
Bolivian Politics 101: The anti-liberal liberalism in current Bolivia
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: The anti-liberal liberalism in current Bolivia If you start from the objective definition of liberalism that defines that “liberalism is the political expression of capitalism” – in Bolivia never that system and all governments were determined to nominate themselves as liberals since it was applied in 1900, all they…
Continues the exodus of Bolivians due to lack of employment
An Editorial from El Diario: Exodus of Bolivians due to lack of employment According to the disaggregated data on population and housing of the 2012 census, a total of 487 thousand people Bolivian nationals left the country between 2001 and 2012, adding to the millions who are already living in other countries. The figure is…
The exploitation of non-renewable resources under current Bolivian gov
An Editorial from El Diario: The exploitation of non-renewable resources A picture of mining, hydrocarbons and “industrialization” shows no results as positive as we would like, so the bonanza disseminated by government spokesmen would be in question. In connection with tin – traditional source of income of the country things are not going well. Huanuni…
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