Editorial, Los Tiempos: This Tuesday, February 21 (21F), seven years are commemorated since the referendum in which the No to a fourth presidential candidacy of Evo Morales won, an anniversary that may go unnoticed by the Carnival festivities, but which, despite everything, will continue in time as the imprint of a majority decision that was…
Tag: democracy in peril
In the verge of legal and political chaos | Al borde del caos legal y político
ANF, El Diario: La expresidenta Jeanine Añez (derecha). Foto : RRSS Ignorance of Añez’s mandate could cause legal and political chaos The political analyst, Carlos Cordero, affirmed that the ignorance of the mandate of the former interim president, Jeanine Añez, would cause legal and political chaos because the laws that governed the country between 2019…
The MAS against the bishops | El MAS contra los obispos
Editorial, El Deber: The Movimiento Al Socialismo has not been able to install the story that in 2019 there was a coup in the country. The arguments have not been enough, because millions of Bolivians know that they were in the streets protesting against the fraud that Evo Morales and his party tried to carry…
The absurdity of not acknowledging a government | El absurdo de desconocer un gobierno
Editorial, Página Siete: Not acknowledging the existence of a government that lasted a year in power is an absurdity of such magnitude that, if it were not for the consequences that this madness entails, it would only deserve a few minutes of astonishment and laughter. Although it seems taken from a fantasy book, the truth…
Opaque leadership – Liderazgos opacos
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: A week ago I briefly summarized some examples of the willingness of Bolivian citizens, especially in urban spaces, to resist, fight and defeat initiatives that are authoritarian, arbitrary and/or with dictatorial overtones. The second part of this reflection is to relate this capacity for spontaneous organization, mostly peaceful and courageous, with…
Attacks on the citizen initiative – Ataques a la iniciativa ciudadana
Editorial, Página Siete: The citizen initiative to reform justice has begun to receive a series of attacks from the ruling party because it sees its control of the Judicial Branch threatened. Within this framework, the National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyo (Conamaq) has rejected the initiative with the fallacious argument that it seeks…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 