By Diego Ayo, El Deber: To jail with the Camba terrorists! The ideology that Evo Morales staunchly defended is called victimhood. He wasn’t right-wing, he wasn’t left-wing: he was a victim. “They have done to me, they have said to me, they have offended me.” That’s the axis of his discourse. Did you commit fraud,…
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Boom Turned to Bust | Auge convertido en fracaso
By Matthew Bristow and Sergio Mendoza, Bloomberg, Yahoo News: Bolivia’s Boom Has Turned to Bust, Fueling an Unlikely Presidential Comeback Bid (Bloomberg) — In the thin air of El Alto, just below the Andean snowline, shoppers hunt for bargains at stalls selling cheap shoes, school books, cookware or counterfeit clothing. Signs of Bolivia’s emerging financial…
Warming, deforestation, and pollution | Calentamiento, deforestación y contaminación
By Deisy Ortiz Duran, El Deber: The warming, deforestation, and pollution are the wounds of Mother Earth in Bolivia It is the third country with the most forest coverage in South America, but it also faces deforestation, pollution, and the effects of climate change that strike across the country. Bolivia is a privileged region with…
The international community and democracy in Bolivia | La comunidad internacional y la democracia en Bolivia
By Andres Gomez, Vision 360: The European Economic Community, the Latin American community, and the democratic countries of the world should take seriously the signals from the Arce government. President Luis Arce greeted, in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 30, the antidemocratic actions of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. It wasn’t…
Crisis reflected in the Bolivian economy is not temporary | Crisis reflejada en economía boliviana no es transitoria
From El Diario: Former director of the Central Bank, BCB José Gabriel Espinoza, former director of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), deemed the “crisis” apparent in certain figures of the Bolivian economy as “not temporary,” forecasting that the situation this year will not be better than in 2023. According to data recorded in the…
Iran in Bolivia | Irán en Bolivia
From El Dia: The Argentine government’s denunciation against the regime of Luis Arce is not new. Bolivia is deeply involved with Iran, a country that is not coming to improve yucca crops, promote education in Aymara, or incentivize forest conservation. Iran is one of the main promoters of terrorism in the world, and the truth…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 