Editorial, El Deber: Eight years have passed, but the date is engraved in the imprint of Bolivians. That day marked a before and an after. That day, 2,682,517 people said No with their vote to Evo Morales’ reelection because they rejected the modification of the Political Constitution of the State that prohibits a third consecutive…
Tag: democracy in peril
THE NAME OF THE GAME | EL NOMBRE DEL JUEGO
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: Already, whoever becomes the next President of Bolivia will have a very tough time. The economy is in tatters, and the next government will have to rebuild it from its foundations. That’s where we are, perhaps like never before in Bolivia’s history. We lack everything essential for a thriving economy…
Carvajal resumes her vigil for the Apdhb | Carvajal reanuda su vigilia por la Apdhb
El Potosi: REQUESTS THAT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE INSTITUTION BE GIVEN TO HER ACTIVIST. Amparo Carvajal. PHOTO: ARCHIVE The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (Apdhb), Amparo Carvajal, once again set up a vigil in La Paz to demand that the institution’s property be handed over to her. “That house is…
THE PRESIDENTIAL – EL PRESIDENCIABLE
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: It is obvious, and all Bolivians comment, that an opposition leader is needed, even more so, that he becomes the only candidate to confront the MAS in the next elections. So far nothing new. It is also not new that there are already several candidates or they paint themselves as…
In search of a leader | En busca de un líder
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: “…in the face of disaster, some ask: Why?…the free man asks: What do I do?” We look like a lost flock. Those of us who write about the political situation in Bolivia, both reading ourselves, sound like sheep bleating. At first it was like listening to the lost ram, as it…
Beyond the MAS | Más allá del MAS
Maggy Talavera, Los Tiempos: The serious and profound crisis that the Santa Cruz institutionality faces today, starkly exposed in the absurd confrontation between equals, no less than in the Government, cannot be attributed exclusively to the MAS, either as fault or as merit, as they insist the leadership of Creemos and other sectors of civil…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 