A necessary warning to the opposition By Gisela Derpic, Brujula Digital: In the 1990s, a profound political crisis incubated in Bolivia. Its signs were the coca growers’ mobilizations, the so-called “water war” in Cochabamba, and the blockades in the La Paz highlands between 2000 and 2001. Few noticed the depth of it. Most analysts and…
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Bolivia’s Urgent Mission: Defeat the MAS | La Misión Urgente de Bolivia: Derrotar al MAS
Priority number one: Expelling the MAS By Jimmy Ortiz, El Deber: Indeed, that is the number one priority of the Bolivian people: to expel this nefarious regime, an appendage of the transnational Socialism of the 21st Century, heir to the failed communism that fell with the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union,…
El Alto versus Chapare
Rolando Telleria, Los Tiempos: The division within the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) also carries regional connotations. While during the almost 14 years of hegemony — to put it that way, borrowing from Gramsci — there was an interesting cohesion that allowed Evo Morales to serve three consecutive terms, today the MAS is also divided territorially….
Edgar Villegas: “I am a political target” OAS concluded “deliberate manipulation” | “Soy un perseguido político” OEA concluyó “manipulación dolosa”
Brujula Digital: Edgar Villegas, who uncovered electoral fraud in 2019: “I am a political target” and the OAS concluded that there was “deliberate manipulation” Eng. Edgar Villegas, at a press conference. Photo:APLP Edgar Villegas, who uncovered electoral fraud in 2019, said on Monday, “I am a political target,” recalling that an audit by the Organization…
The imputation to a democracy hero | La imputación a un héroe de la democracia
Editorial, El Deber: Systems engineer Édgar Villegas has been charged with public instigation to commit crimes. Such a serious accusation comes from a deputy, Renán Cabezas, from the Evista bloc of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), who also demands that the professional be detained in the maximum-security prison of Chonchocoro. More than four years after…
Divisions within the opposition obstruct unity projects | Divisiones en la oposición obstruyen proyectos de unidad
They look after individual interests’ Expressing regret over the increasingly frequent internal disputes within opposition political organizations, former rector of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Waldo Albarracín, argued that such positions reveal personal interests and prevent the consolidation of unity projects to defeat the ruling party in the upcoming elections. Through his social…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 