El Diario: With serious harm to the population Shortage of dollars forces buying from the parallel market at more than Bs 7.70 The shortage of dollars in the country has caused the parallel market to gain importance and therefore the price of the North American currency has risen above 7.70 bolivianos per currency; Paradoxically, the…
Tag: democracy in peril
Judicial vacuum | Vacío judicial
William Herrera, El Deber: Far from changing and improving the Judiciary, it remains in free fall. That the legislators have not carried out the preselection and election of the new authorities of the High Courts means entering not only into an unprecedented and dangerous judicial vacuum, but also constitutes a true failure for the national…
Pressure, blackmail and fatigue so that former Añez ministers accuse themselves | Presión, chantaje y cansancio para que exministros de Añez se autoinculpen
ANF: Coup case: Opposition sees pressure, blackmail and fatigue so that former Añez ministers accuse themselves Two former ministers of Jeanine Añez requested an abbreviated process in the case called “coup d’état I”, after admitting that they engaged in a cover-up. La Paz, November 30, 2023 (ANF). – The deputies of Comunida Ciudadana (Citizen Community…
Judicial elections | Elecciones judiciales
Editorial, LosTiempos: On December 31 at midnight —as established by the Political Constitution of the State (CPE)—, the highest authorities of the Judicial Branch end their mandate and must be replaced, at the beginning of January 2024, by others elected in elections that are impossible to hold on time. In these circumstances—as a former constitutional…
You’re liberal and you don’t know it | A que eres liberal y no lo sabes
Jaime Dunn, Brujula Digital: Sometimes labels scare us. They refer us to heated debates, complex ideologies and philosophies. But let me pose a surprising idea: day after day, in the choices you make, from the most trivial to the most consequential, you are practicing liberalism and you probably don’t even realize it. Before you skip…
Bolivian liberal movement takes a shared bath for renewal with a view to 2025 | Movimiento liberal boliviano se da baño, compartido, de renovación con miras al 2025
By Fernando Rollano, Free Thinker: Gathering nearly three hundred adherents and participants who filled the event hall in the western area of the city of Santa Cruz and calling for fifteen intellectuals and guest speakers, representatives of the Bolivian liberal movement organized a few days ago a full agenda day called MEETING FOR FREEDOM, as…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 