Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: We lost the War of the Pacific in 1879 because Bolivia had a weak state that did not have a presence throughout its territory, feeble institutions; whereas Chile had developed a vigorous state with stronger institutions than those in Bolivia. Scholars of Bolivian reality affirm that there has never been…
Tag: democracy in peril
Between 50 and 60% of the population distrusts the INE and Census results | Entre 50 y 60% de la población desconfía del INE y de resultados del Censo
Informes Diagnosis Estudios. (Brújula Digital), El Diario: Survey by Diagnosis With 17 days left until the National Population and Housing Census, between 50% and 60% of the population surveyed by the company Informes Diagnosis Estudios, conducted between February 24 and 25, distrusts the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and the results of the census to…
“Bolivia has been kidnapped by a dictatorship” | “Bolivia ha sido secuestrada por una dictadura”
World Nation News Desk: Camacho continues that “Bolivia has been kidnapped by a dictatorship” The governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, stated that the latest actions taken by the Government of Luis Arce are typical of a dictatorship. “In recent days we have seen how the president Luis Arce and his Government continued to act for apart…
From democracy towards authoritarianism | De la democracia hacia el autoritarismo.
Carlos Valverde, El Deber: Totalitarians! That’s it. The government of Luis Alberto Arce Catacora has decided to cross the threshold or border from democracy towards authoritarianism. The brutality of the intercultural mob at the doors of the Assembly, to prevent opposition parliamentarians and media who were arriving at the building from entering to broadcast from…
For the sake of the country, no more debts | Por el bien del país, no más deudas
Editorial, El DIa: Debts are not inherently bad when they fall into good hands. The largest fortunes, the most competitive companies, and the most outstanding achievements in history have been made based on borrowing. But behind that money lies a plan, a brilliant idea, hard work, discipline, and a series of virtues that are nowhere…
Evo Morales and the unfinished task of national construction | Evo Morales y la tarea inconclusa de construcción nacional
Pedro Portugal, Brujula Digital: Evo Morales lashes out against everyone. Now against his closest subordinates. In statements to Radio Kawsachun Coca, he evicts his former vice president, Álvaro García Linera: He is a traitor and a swindler because he allegedly never obtained the bachelor’s degree he exhibited in the early years of the MAS government….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 