It is undeniable that current president of Bolivia has sworn loyalty first to his condition as the leader of the coca-growers of the Chapare, thus the title of this post, so that the acolytes of this gov does not have ideas to come after me… ;) It is sad and upsetting to watch how the…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Unfortunate and despicable pollution on Pilcomayo river
El Dia reports: Government Report Potosi 30 thousand cubic meters of waste in the Pilcomayo Pollution. Within 10 years, people will begin to feel the effects on their nervous and respiratory system. The governor of the department of Potosi, Felix Gonzales revealed that 30 thousand cubic meters of mine waste were dumped in the waters…
Is there rule of law under current Bolivian gov?!
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Rule of Law? Is the rule of law a Western institution and therefore does not deserve to exist? Is the only rule of law the power of social movements and the discretion of the management of power by the government? Who, will accept the norm and continue? Who accepted…
Bolivian politics 2014: Signs of better political times
Susana Seleme writes in El Dia: Susana responses Signs of better political times 1) the first binomial for the October elections was formed and is the result of a partnership. What is your analysis? All political and sociological analysis must be based not only on the immediate present, but successive political events in the recent…
Current Bolivia gov’s outrageous wastefulness expenditures!
Francesco Zaratti writes in Pagina Siete: Austerity? Austere comes from a Latin and Greek root original literally means “rough, bitter to taste” and figuratively “mortified, penitent, remote and quiet,” according to a learned Alex Grijelmo column (El País, 01/03/2013). As I taught my children, to be austere is very different from being greedy or stingy,…
Under the presidency of the coca grower: Bonanza, waste and poverty
Wilfredo Ramirez writes in El Diario: Bonanza, waste and poverty After 9 years in power, the plurinational Government was unable to correct its deficiencies. By their nonsense or “gaffes” that blush Bolivian society and seriously compromise its administration, the ship of state runs the risk of capsize at any moment, before continuing social conflict of…
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