Geopolitics: Where Should Bolivia Look in the Subregion? | Geopolítica: ¿Hacia dónde debe mirar Bolivia en la subregión?

By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: In an increasingly competitive, unstable, and fragmented international scenario, it is imperative that Bolivia clearly recognize and embrace both the constraints and the opportunities arising from its geostrategic position. Geopolitics is a fundamental discipline for understanding the interaction between geographic, economic, social, and political factors that influence a state’s strategic…

Masistas and the diplomacy of the absurd | Masistas y la diplomacia del absurdo

Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia and its absent diplomacy Bolivia, by mandate of its own Constitution, declares itself as a pacifist State that advocates the peaceful resolution of controversies. Furthermore, ideally it is an example to the international community for having granted pacts, conventions and treaties on human rights a supraconstitutional rank. Naturally, to achieve the…

Relaciones internacionales bolivianas, 2020

Agustín Saavedra, Diplomático y experto en RREE, nos dá una descripción de qué podemos esperar en el campo internacional como país, este 2020. Un excelente y muy profesional análisis:

What are exactly the thirteen points in the Bolivia-Chile agenda?

Bolivia has a serious and long-lasting pending issue with Chile. The following is from El Diario and highlights the 13 point agenda that Bolivia has been conducting with Chile, in the last few years: The thirteen points Bolivia-Chile Here are the 13 points of negotiation between Bolivia and Chile. Point 6, maritime theme was excluded…

Only 24 of 177 Bolivian Foreign Ministry diplomats are professional

Pagina Siete reports: Just 13.5% of the staff was academically trained Only 24 of 177 Foreign Ministry diplomats are professional DATA as recorded on the lists of the central service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials with hierarchical positions are not career diplomats. Only 13.5% of the specialized personnel of the Ministry of foreign…