The following cartoons reflect how current Bolivian government mismanage our foreign affairs policy: This is from El Diario, June 22, 2012: We see the ruler of Venezuela, who has a great influence over our president, opening the Bolivian door to Iran’s president and the opposition flees… I’d say not only opposition but anyone in the…
Tag: democracy in peril
Bolivian presidential silences…
I have to thank Humberto Vacaflor for writing in such a clear way about last presidential speech, it is so embarrassing, at all levels, the message the world receives from the one who is in charge of our beloved country. From El Deber: Presidential silences by Humberto Vacaflor Apart from the new demonstration of the…
Bolivian identity versus current gov denial for who we are: proud mestizo!
Jorge Lazarte, a reputable Bolivian writes a wonderful article regarding our struggle to be recognized [most Bolivians] as mestizos and not as part of the indigenous ‘nations’ that this government stubbornly wishes to encapsulate us. This cartoon portrays a Senator from the MAS with dark glasses and a cane. It reads “we are all indigenous”…
Bolivia: Internal and external conflicts are raging
On the day that we celebrate our independence, I chose this article from Los Tiempos, to remind us that only 3% of our 187 independent years have found us under this shocking and stressing lifestyle… but nonetheless have damaged the core of our nationality, the inner soul of our co-existence… Internal and external conflicts are…
In Bolivia: All is predetermined
Jose Gramunt de Moragas (Jesuit priest), a very well-known journalist in Bolivia, Director of ANF (one of the best and serious news agency that Bolivia has), writes in La Razon: All is predetermined Nine times the real natives of the TIPNIS wanted to reach an agreement with Mr. President What with the mania of the…
Current Bolivian gov bullies and the last elected Governor from the opposition that holds office
News like these continue to undermine our democracy and is a clear sign of the style and drive that rules the political party in power, lead by a majority of illegal coca growers. Los Tiempos and El Diario report: Los Tiempos: They ratify that Costas will not be suspended The new President of the Constitution…
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