Editorial, El Deber: Dramatic report of the UN rapporteur All of us Bolivians knew it, but a foreign professional with the position of special rapporteur of the United Nations had to come to carry out an observation mission and several interviews to take away a good amount of information, the same information that today allows…
Tag: government failures
Bolivia’s perennial student leader clung to post for decades without graduating
Max Mendoza has been arrested after a judge said his 32-year enrollment at university on a government salary may be a crime AP in La Paz Max Mendoza has been a remarkably persistent student – and a profitable one: he has been enrolled at a public university in Bolivia for 32 years but never graduated, much of it while being…
A Group of Indigenous Women in Bolivia Created the Felisa Yanapiri App, to Help Women … | Un grupo de mujeres indígenas de Bolivia creó la aplicación Felisa Yanapiri, para ayudar a las mujeres…
Today is Mother’s Day in Bolivia. Bolivian Thoughts, today, sees no better way than to reflect the hideous violence on to women. It is unacceptable and we MUST protect our children, our women, our mothers from any type of violence! Hoy es el Día de la Madre en Bolivia. Bolivian Thoughts, no ve mejor manera…
The economy falters | La economía tambalea
Antonio Saravia, Pagina Siete: Signs of the beginning of the end The economy has been bad for a long time. We are not “getting ahead,” we are not “armoured” and we are not “enviable.” Not even remotely. The reality is that the economy is faltering and slogans can no longer hide the disaster. In recent…
Masista legacy | Legado masista
Juan Carlos Ferreyra, El Diario: Bolivia is deinstitutionalized As never before, our country today is totally deinstitutionalized. Practically a majority of the public institutions that make up the national State are with interim authorities or with authorities finger-pointed by the official party that governs us. A pathetic case is the Ombudsman’s Office, which for six…
Unissued Bolivian stamps | Estampillas bolivianas no emitidas
Bolivia’s first postage stamps were privately produced in 1863 under a government contract for a postal service, but the stamps were never put into use. | Los primeros sellos postales de Bolivia se produjeron de forma privada en 1863 bajo un contrato del gobierno para un servicio postal, pero los sellos nunca se pusieron en…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 