By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brújula Digital: People are worried about pressing issues: the lack of dollars, the black market, lines to obtain diesel and gasoline, and food price inflation nearing 20%. The increase is even greater for imported food products. Opposition candidates claim these will be the top priorities to address. Some promise to resolve…
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The End of Innocence | El fin de la inocencia
By Ronald MacLean Abaroa, El Dia: Bolivians are no longer surprised by anything. Like frogs in a pot of boiling water, the MAS government, now led by Luis Arce Catacora, has slowly accustomed us to increasing the heat of judicial abuses and economic havoc to the point where we’ve lost the ability to react with…
Not arrested because he is feared | No lo apresan porque le tienen miedo
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: The great independent ayllu of Chapare If the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, had refused to respond to a judicial summons for any trivial accusation against him, he would have been declared defiant and contemptuous of the law. The Bolivian Police, Armed Forces, and MAS militias residing in…
The MAS keeps Camacho imprisoned out of revenge | El MAS mantiene preso a Camacho por venganza
By El Diario: On the second anniversary of his imprisonment, the head of the national Creemos caucus, Representative Tatiana Añez, stated that the Movement for Socialism (MAS) government keeps the elected governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, as a political prisoner in an act of political revenge. She also emphasized that the departmental authority…
The merits of Evo and Arce | Los méritos de Evo y Arce
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brújula Digital: They rose to power together, with Evo only adopting indigenous and socialist ideas at the last minute. Early in his campaign, those were not his main themes, as he came from a unionist logic more closely tied to revolutionary nationalism, which is his true heritage, as is the Popular…
After the revelation that an “elite group” protects Evo, senator suggests calling in the Army | Tras revelarse que “grupo de élite” protege a Evo, senadora sugiere convocar al Ejército
By Brujula Digital: MAS senator Ana María Castillo suggested calling in the Army to enforce the laws in Chapare, where an elite group is allegedly protecting former president Evo Morales, who has an outstanding arrest warrant. Arcista Senator Ana María Castillo. Photo: Brújula Digital After it was revealed that former president Evo Morales is being…
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