BNamericas reports, pictures from the internet: President Evo Morales, who has already weathered a series of massive protests against his bid to run for a fourth straight mandate, is looking at a rocky road to Bolivia’s October elections. Morales has legally overturned a 2016 referendum rejecting his candidacy and now faces a potential national strike when influential opposition movement…
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It is vital to rethink the economic model
A most needed Editorial from El Deber, photos from the internet: A nine-day blockade on the road to Trinidad and Brazil is just a sign of an economic model that should be reviewed as soon as possible. The soy producers (the first link in the productive chain of the so-called “gold grain”) demand that they…
Bolivian government failed, lied regarding health service for all …
Pagina Siete reports: They initiate “action of fulfillment” against the Government because of the SUS The constitutional demand was presented yesterday in the TDJ of La Paz because the Ministry of Health does not comply with the agreement. The Union of Medical and Allied Branches (Sirmes) presented yesterday in the Departmental Court of Justice (TDJ)…
One of the worst tax systems
A precise Editorial from Pagina Siete: Although this is already known, it is still news, and worrisome news: Bolivia has one of the worst tax systems in the world. According to the Doing Business ranking, prepared by the World Bank for 2019, the country ranks 186th out of 190 countries investigated. [Bolivian Thoughts opinion: The…
Bolivian health system reality under evo’s demagogue and incompetence!
evo is desperate to remain in power, and as such, the impossible candidate has recurred to “boosting” his illegitimate and illegal electoral campaign by offering health to all … The striking reality is that the Bolivian health system has reached its all time low. This cartoon from El Diario [05/31/2019] portrays the collapse of the…
21-F generates new protest actions [Bolivian Democracy in peril]
El Diario reports, photo obtained from the internet: Defense of the citizen vote According to the activist of the OIP platform, Beto Astorga, the population should be aware that in these elections there are two illegally qualified candidates. Activists defending 21-F, will perform various citizen events to remind citizens that the candidates of the government,…
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