Editorial, El Diario: The private sector matters a lot for development It is time to agree that the extremes of the left or right have ceased to be important in the economy, that the peoples downplay them because they are retrograde positions that argued that private capital is contrary, alien, strange and counterproductive for development…
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Abel Bellido Córdoba: deserves respect! – merece respeto!
Abel reflects our daily conundrum and deserves our full respect. It is despicable that worthy people like him have to face threats of all sorts as this article describes (see a portion of his work at the bottom): Pagina Siete reports: Harassment and death threats against the illustrator of Página Siete The threats and insults…
The implications of the Cuban-Bolivian Tiff
Scott B. MacDonald reports for The Global Americans: On January 25th Bolivia broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba, with the interim government of President Jeanine Áñez accusing Havana of showing “permanent hostility” toward La Paz. While Bolivia and Cuba are not necessarily significant players in the global economies, the deterioration in relations between the two countries is…
¡¿Quién necesita de los gobiernos de México y Argentina?!
¡¡¡Ciertamente nosotros NO!!! ¡Bolivia se respeta Carajo! Página Siete informa: “Las relaciones diplomáticas de Bolivia con Argentina y México atraviesan uno de los peores momentos, se enfriaron y están tensionadas. El Gobierno boliviano reconoció que la relación con Argentina es “delicada” por la presencia de Evo Morales en ese país y acusó a México de…
The Bolivian coup that wasn’t
Larissa Jimenez writes in Yale News, pictures from the internet: The Bolivian coup that wasn’t Bulletproof cars for fear you’ll be assaulted by armed criminals. Private escorts for fear you’ll be kidnapped. Empty supermarket shelves. Empty pharmacy shelves. Children starving, dying. Escasez (scarcity) becomes as familiar a phrase as arepa (and not the arepa at…
Young criticizes a masista public servant for politicizing education
El Diario reports: A high school female student yesterday questioned the departmental assembly member of MAS, Fabiola Almanza [photo], for politicizing education by suggesting that everyone can be with President Evo Morales and for wanting all young people to be “masistas.” Other students rejected that official authorities campaign to support the MAS and seek to…
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