By Oscar Antezana: It seems the world—cultures and societies—is changing faster and faster. Definitions or degrees of acceptance of freedom, solidarity, democracy, respect, equity, and security, among others, are not the same as they were, at least, 40–50 years ago. For Western countries, in general, freedom is a universal right—if not the primary one; but…
Tag: ethics
Let the citizens think, not just the candidates | Que piense la ciudadanía, no solo los candidatos
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brújula Digital: People are worried about pressing issues: the lack of dollars, the black market, lines to obtain diesel and gasoline, and food price inflation nearing 20%. The increase is even greater for imported food products. Opposition candidates claim these will be the top priorities to address. Some promise to resolve…
Politics 101: The re-re-re-election does not strengthen democracy
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The re-re-re-election does not strengthen democracy The Constitution of the Plurinational State was clearly established in one of its transitory provisions, that Evo Morales could not run in the previous election; it did thanks to a lecture given by the Constitutional Court, an institution that was and is fully…
Is it morally, ethically to claim victory over someone else’s credit?
Bolivian government has the tendency to inflate its accomplishments, out of arrogance, desperation or who knows… in any case current news from El Diario is very illustrative, vis-a-vis our most visible and important industry: hydrocarbons! Yesterday presented the annual report of the State oil company to the press Analysts: YPFB achievements are due to efforts…
Cancer illness and how is dealt inside Latin American and American way of doing politics…
There are a lot of similarities worldwide regarding politician’s behavior. This time I’d like to digress on the incredible recurrence of cancer diagnostics in so many LA presidents around the same time: Paraguay, Venezuela, Brazil (former) and Argentina current presidents had or are in the middle of some sort of cancer treatment. Those news became…
IBCE’s findings regarding ANB’s performance
The Bolivian Foreign Trade Institute (IBCE) was kind to share with Bolivian Thoughts in an Emerging World a recent perception survey regarding the performance of the Bolivian National Customs (ANB) institution, press release IBCE E-1401/2011. Follows, the summary of the findings: (1) Overall performance of the ANB during 2011: in relation to this survey, a…
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