UNIVERSAL VALUES: FREEDOM? | VALORES UNIVERSALES: ¿LA LIBERTAD?

By Oscar Antezana: It seems the world—cultures and societies—is changing faster and faster. Definitions or degrees of acceptance of freedom, solidarity, democracy, respect, equity, and security, among others, are not the same as they were, at least, 40–50 years ago. For Western countries, in general, freedom is a universal right—if not the primary one; but…

Moral: Ausente – Absent

Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The moral reconstruction of the nation The certainty that Morales was not willing to leave power and his perks was born (for years) not only from the monarchical sense that he had developed, but also from the conviction that he was predestined to run a country to his own liking. In…

Politics 101: The re-re-re-election does not strengthen democracy

Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The re-re-re-election does not strengthen democracy The Constitution of the Plurinational State was clearly established in one of its transitory provisions, that Evo Morales could not run in the previous election; it did thanks to a lecture given by the Constitutional Court, an institution that was and is fully…

Is it morally, ethically to claim victory over someone else’s credit?

Bolivian government has the tendency to inflate its accomplishments, out of arrogance, desperation or who knows… in any case current news from El Diario is  very illustrative, vis-a-vis our most visible and important industry: hydrocarbons! Yesterday presented the annual report of the State oil company to the press Analysts: YPFB achievements are due to efforts…