By Renzo Abruzzese, Brujula Digital: The current electoral scenario goes beyond the mere impression of a disordered party system or the classic factional struggle for power. What we are witnessing is a much more complex phenomenon: the collapse of the architecture of political representation and participation that, despite its historical limitations, had provided a minimum…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Neither the COB nor the Government know what it means to produce | Ni la COB, ni el Gob saben que es producir
Editorial, El Deber: Wage increase: hypocrisy and electoral calculation President Luis Arce is in campaign mode. And his decisions are tainted by a desperate search for votes. The polls released so far show that his chances of re-election are minimal, and he knows it—just as he knows that the tools of power (decrees and resolutions)…
Elections in August? | ¿Elecciones en agosto?
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: To approve the most recent Constitution, Evo Morales agreed that he would not be a candidate in the next presidential election; this is written in a transitional article of that Magna Carta. He did not keep his word. During his presidency, the legal hectares of coca cultivation almost doubled,…
Use yours, not ours | Usen lo suyo, no lo nuestro
By Andrés Gómez, Visión 360: It is immoral to pay taxes so that they are used in the campaign of a politician who does not represent the thinking or feelings of all citizens. In May 2021, the Finnish Tax Administration commissioned a survey to understand its citizens’ perception of paying taxes. Ninety-five percent of Finns…
The Worst Legacy of MAS | El peor legado del MAS
Editorial, El Día: In Bolivia, it is not only the economy that has been impoverished; the mind has been impoverished too. While the official narrative boasts of “inclusion” and “redistribution,” what the Movimiento al Socialismo has truly sown during almost two decades in power is a mentality of dependence, resignation, and conformity: a true poverty…
Nothing ever ran out; the government’s model was always a failure | No se agotó nada; el modelo del gobierno siempre fue un fracaso
By Carlos Valverde, El Deber: Hearing opposition politicians and even businesspeople repeat the mantra that “the government’s or MAS’s model in power has run its course” is concerning, because it gives the impression that they actually believed that 21st Century Socialism ever had the possibility of generating surpluses and capital based on its ideas and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 