Lo salvaje

Agustín Echalar escribe en Página Siete: La palabra “salvaje” ha causado una cierta conmoción la semana pasada, en parte porque, como toda acción, esta es juzgada ante todo a partir de quién la ejercita y no de la acción en sí; por el otro lado, la palabra misma, como toda expresión, tiene diferentes acepciones y…

evo’s delusional hatred placed Bolivia in the freezer

Floren Sanabria writes in El Diario: Bolivia in the freezer On the eve of elections in 2006, the US ambassador Manuel Rocha had expressed “do not vote for Evo Morales, if you do, you will not have the help of my government.” That unfortunate expression was taken very much into account by Morales for his…

The history of the Bolivian Schindler

Pablo Peralta reports for Pagina Siete: Little-known dimension of the three tin barons The history of the Bolivian Schindler The mining entrepreneur Mauricio Hochschild saved several Jews from the Nazis; besides humanitarian reasons, this entrepreneur sought them to contribute. Mauricio Hochschild was one of the tin barons. But today, thanks to recent research, a facet…

Bolivia MUST stop political persecution!!

Ivan Arias Duran for Pagina Siete: Amnesty now! The national Government has been magnanimous with smugglers and common criminals, because for the former, decreed amnesty for smuggled [chutos] cars (2011) and for the latter, the treatment of a law of pardon (2012). However, it insists on denying the existence of political prisoners while Bolivians know…