Editorial, El Diario: Amid the current fuel shortage in the country, which has been gradually worsening, the current government has only produced debatable arguments and accusations to shift blame onto others. It was said that road blockades organized some time ago by followers of “evismo,” particularly in Cochabamba, worsened the situation; or that external factors,…
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Chullpa Ayllu Breaks Silence: Apologies, Truths, and a Call for Peace | Ayllu Chullpa rompe el silencio: disculpas, verdades y llamado a la paz
By Erbol: NORTH OF POTOSÍ Three cabildos from the Chullpa ayllu apologize and call for the restoration of peace and tranquility in the municipality of Llallagua Out of eight cabildos from the Chullpa ayllu, three have issued statements apologizing and calling for “peace and tranquility,” after more than a month has passed since the violent…
Three state entities are denounced for seeking to overturn a court ruling that protects the jaguar and its habitat | Denuncian que tres entidades del Estado buscan anular un fallo judicial que protege al jaguar y su hábitat
By Fernando Chávez, Vision 360: Sernap, ABT, and the Ministry of Environment and Water filed appeals against a resolution by the Agro-Environmental Court that protects this species. A jaguar in an archive image. Photo: Senda Verde Last April, a ruling by the Agro-Environmental Court established the protection of the jaguar’s habitat. However, three months later,…
Exclusion zone, without elections, without the State, without law | Zona de exclusión, sin elecciones, sin Estado, sin ley
By El Dia: Evo Morales’ Grand Prize Evo Morales no longer needs to be a candidate. If he manages to consolidate Chapare as an exclusion zone—without elections, without the State, without law—he will have gained much more: he will become the lifelong emperor of a territory where the Constitution does not apply, the police do…
History Doesn’t Repeat Itself | La historia no se repite
By Sayuri Loza, Brujula Digital: A few days ago, in light of the Bicentennial, I was invited to give talks about what Bolivia was like at its birth… we were born more or less as we are now, with our main product—silver—in marked decline, a phenomenon that had already been felt since the mid-18th century….
Bolivia: Heading Toward a Failed State? | ¿hacia un Estado fallido?
By Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: If we’re not yet a “failed state,” we’re headed there—and fast. Today, Bolivia likely has the weakest government in its history since the Revolution of 1952. Possibly comparable to the UDP in the early ’80s and more similar to the misrule of Juan José Torres and the “People’s Assembly.” But…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 