From The Guardian: Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president Jonathan Watts in La Paz, Bolivia In a riot of colour, noise and statistics, Bolivian president Evo Morales marked 10 years of his “indigenous socialist” rule on Friday, one month before a referendum that could extend his period in office until 2025….
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Under ruling government: Doubtful “economic stability”
A very clear Editorial from El Diario: Doubtful “economic stability” The economic stability of the country is a matter of great concern to citizens and while some say that it is “reinforced” and will last long, others less optimistic argue that it is more fragile than glass and will break on the short than the…
Bolivia faces crisis on hydrocarbon production levels
El Diario reports: According to analysts Bolivia faces reserves’ crisis The 2016-2020 National Development Plan proposes to increase hydrocarbon production levels, to mitigate “any reduction in international prices”, which was questioned by analysts Guillermo Torres and Marco Gandarillas, on the understanding that the country has no new fields and to discover them for further exploitation…
The masismo over the years, have suffered democratic defeats!
An excerpt from Ivan Arias’ excellent column, counting errors and defeats of the masismo, the full article in Spanish, can be read using the link at the bottom: Masismo defeats! Making a review of the past 10 years, we find some milestones that demonstrate that opposition, in its various expressions, was not absent and in…
Over the last ten years, anarchy has sprouted: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz
El Diario reports: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz • Fejuve ensures that will not allow increase in tariffs to passengers The drivers of public transport yesterday [01/11/2016] staged riots in the vicinity of the Simon Bolivar Avenue, near Hernando Siles Stadium, when they tried to force drivers to charge fares with an increase…
Between what is said and done… corruption is present under current Bolivian government!
An Editorial from El Diario: Between what is said and done The first revelations of some news inconvenience for the Government and the somewhat later approach of the same authorities, indicate much difference or contradiction. In the first impact the usual surge “heads will roll”, with greater emphasis if the damage is economic and the…
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