Angelica Siles, El Diario: Platforms are organized to demand respect for the CPE, human rights and democracy The Political Constitution of the State establishes in Article 1 that “Bolivia is constituted in a Social Unitary State of Plurinational Community Law, free, independent, sovereign, democratic, intercultural, decentralized and with autonomies. Bolivia is founded on plurality and…
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Los sinuosos – The sinuous
Manfredo Kempff, Los Tiempos: Carlos Valverde tiene razón cuando dice —y escribe— que el MAS, en su afán de terminar con la vida de Jeanine Áñez, está errando el camino y la va a convertir en una heroína americana. Para muchos de los bolivianos la expresidente ya es una heroína, hoy mismo; por su coraje…
«Raza» y clase – “Race” and class
Andres Gomez, Pagina Siete: A few days ago, a lady in a blue scarf came up to blurt me out with an ideological stench that had betrayed my race by not supporting evismo. WTH! Why does this lady trigger her fanaticism at me if I don’t believe in races?, I said to myself and kept…
10 años después – TIPNIS – 10 years later
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Ten years ago the image of Evo Morales and the Government of the Movement for Socialism enjoyed respect inside and outside of Bolivia. The presidency of a descendant of indigenous peoples from Latin America, the discourse on the rights of peoples, concern for the poor, the gaze towards Mother Earth Pachamama,…
Gobierno debe garantizar seguridad de Amparo Carvajal – Government must guarantee the safety of Amparo Carvajal
Brujula Digital, El Diario: Human Rights Watch about Amparo Carvajal The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, expressed his concern about the threats that were issued in recent days by the warrior army “Wila Lluch’us” (red caps), in the sense to burn down the house of the president…
Carvajal to the RJC: «Dear young people, for me you are a necessary resistance» – Carvajal a la RJC: «Jóvenes queridos, para mí son una resistencia necesaria»
Página Siete: The activist participated with Carolina Ribera in a vigil organized by Conade, calling for freedom for political prisoners. The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (Apdhb), Amparo Carvajal, during her visit to Cochabamba this Thursday, met with representatives of the Cochala Youth Resistance (RJC), whom she described as a…
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