Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: The difference in income in favor of men is a constant, according to the Cedla Economic violence can be interpreted as the material dispossession of resources, income and assets; and implies the non-exercise of the right to access or dispose of them. Economic violence is also manifested in the sphere…
Tag: government failures
“You have to beat up the camba” | “Hay que sentarle la mano a la camba”
Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: That Jeanine Añez Chávez, from Beni, white, as well as nice, had assumed command of the nation, in November 2019, occupying the place that Evo Morales cowardly abandoned, must have caused immense pain among the mestizo and indigenous masismo that could not bear this insult. That a camba took possession of…
Bolivia: UN Rapporteur says Áñez’s conviction tinted with political meddling
MercoPress: Former Peruvian Foreign Minister Diego García-Sayán has said he saw politics had meddled in the judicial ruling whereby former Bolivian interim President Janine Àñez was sentenced to ten years in jail for crimes against the Constitution. The United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers said he saw a “political intervention”…
Chapare: Priorities | Prioridades
The first banana export happened under the Alternative Development program, a USAID project. Such export only happened since there were two trucks that came from Arica, Chile with tires and went back empty. The project gave high quality bananas, planting and harvesting techniques, credit, as well as marketing assistance to the banana unions that started…
What makes us feel Bolivian? | ¿Qué nos hace sentir bolivianos?
El Diario: The polarization that the country is experiencing from the confrontation between two political views on identity has led a group of young analysts to debate the differences and coincidences that exist in society to answer the question: What makes us feel Bolivian?, in the forum organized by the Fides News Agency (ANF). The…
A politicized and unjust conviction | Una condena politizada e injusta
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Without a shadow of a doubt, an injustice has been committed against the former constitutional president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, by sentencing her to 10 years in prison. More than a criminal process, all the actions of the justice system submitted to the ruling party, and specifically to the head of the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 