Ricardo David Herrera, El Deber; Pedro Albornoz: “The Bolivian sense of humor can be as fine as the English” For the second consecutive year, the writer, translator and art critic from Cochabamba won the Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz novel award. He is one of the voices that gains strength in national literature Albornoz also won…
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Bolivian military role to follow the Constitution or the political ruler of the day?
Bolivian humor has always good sources to show the ridicule and to have some laughs… This is from Los Tiempos, March 27, 2012: The title: Military at the MAS reunion [political party ‘congress’] One says: “Per the constitution, neither the army nor the police can deliberate, or participate in partisan political action!” The other replies:…
Current Bolivia vice-president’s: struggle or simple guilt regarding NGOs?
We see in the cartoon by El Dia, January 11, 2012, current vice-president’s doing his best… shooting himself on the foot!! The title above reads: “Government versus NGOs…” Current vice-president published recently a “book,” well not a book under international standards, it is a Bolivian one, his’ is less than 170 pages… In any case…
Current Bolivian Government management style
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 8, 2012. It portrays both current president and vice-president. The latter is placing a big eraser in the elbow of the former. The vice says: “with this heavy-duty eraser you will be able to erase [with the elbow] all the short laws you will sanction..” [with the hand]…
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