Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: What has remained standing? A latest survey by Jubileo, (an institution whose seriousness and professionalism are beyond doubt) reveals the degree of social and political decomposition to which the 17 years of masista governments have led us. Some results of this study will illustrate us better. Let’s see: 63% of Bolivians…
Tag: democracy in peril
The total renewal of the Biometric Electoral Register is urgently needed | Urge la renovación total del Padrón Electoral Biométrico
El Diario: Historical debt with the country Protest mobilizations in the country, after reports of electoral fraud, after the vote counting of the 2019 general elections. The preparation of a new Biometric Electoral Register is a historical debt to the country, said the congressman for the Citizen Community (CC), Alejandro Reyes, who reiterated that this…
It took the MAS 15 years to pulverize the nation | Al MAS le tomó 15 años pulverizar la nación
Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Divided and fragmented The conflict that has brought the MAS to the point of its defining division seems to express a historical situation characterized by the progressive structural radicalization of all factors. Fifteen years in which all power strategies involved dividing, fractioning, confronting or destroying have begun to bear fruit; Curiously,…
Has Bolivia become a “narco-state”? | ¿Se ha convertido Bolivia en un “narcoestado”?
Rosa Muñoz, Deutsche Welle: The political dispute between the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and former president Evo Morales reveals more and more public complaints about drug trafficking networks and corruption. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” The fight between former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) and his former heir apparent and current president of Bolivia, Luis…
Dangerous temptations of the Judiciary | Tentaciones peligrosas del Poder Judicial
Editorial, El Deber: When it was believed that the country’s deinstitutionalization had hit rock bottom, new elements emerge that show that democracy can be even more tainted and that laws are used at will to generate scenarios of abuse of power. This is the case of the Judiciary that does not mind failing to comply…
Santa Cruz and the masismo | Santa Cruz y el masismo
Agustin Echalar, Los Tiempos: Today is the big day of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the most thriving city in Bolivia, the city that is home to the most Bolivians who in recent decades have decided to settle there, it is a city that attracts Moors and Christians, the rich and the poor, to young…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 