El Diario: Two weeks before the maize harvest, a violent mob once again invaded the Santa Rita, Santa Rita C, and Laguna properties in the municipality of El Puente, in the Northern Integrated region of Santa Cruz. This occurred only four hours after the police protection, installed by the government on July 10, was withdrawn,…
Tag: democracy in peril
Politics and Values | Política y valores
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: What was the trajectory of social and political disaster in Bolivia? A controversial and complicated question, but we could attempt an answer. Since the mid-20th century, Bolivia’s political and social trajectory largely aligned with the phenomena that shook, for better or worse, the entirety of Latin American countries. We could…
We need a Bolivia for decent people | Necesitamos una Bolivia para la gente decente
By Carlos Hugo Molina, El Deber: Joan Manuel Serrat set to music the poem by Antonio Machado, “Españolito”: “There is already a Spaniard who wants to live and begins to live / between a Spain that dies and another Spain that yawns. / Little Spaniard coming into the world, God save you. / One of…
evo 101: The Proverbial Cowardice of Evo | La proverbial cobardía de Evo
By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula DIgital: The cowardice of Evo Morales is well known. In 2019, he sought help from the Mexican government to escape Bolivia immediately after swiftly ousting the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, nullifying the general elections, and resigning as president of Bolivia. He later declared it was a “coup”… A meticulous chronology suggests…
Declaration for Democracy | Declaración por la Democracia
By Juan Cristóbal Soruco, El Deber: It seems that the country is dangerously close to the edge, pushed harder in recent weeks by the determination of officials from the Judicial Branch and the Constitutional Court to prevent judicial elections and the invasion of Plaza Murillo by the former general commander of the Army. These events…
Indirect Murders | Asesinatos indirectos
By Juan José Toro Montoya, Vision 360: Nowadays, the weapons are the laws, and the executors of the crimes are the judges and prosecutors. Speculation? No. In the tumultuous history of Bolivia, political assassination has been a constant. From the mutiny of April 18, 1828, when Sucre was attempted to be assassinated, and the horrendous…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 