By Diego Ayo, El Deber: To jail with the Camba terrorists! The ideology that Evo Morales staunchly defended is called victimhood. He wasn’t right-wing, he wasn’t left-wing: he was a victim. “They have done to me, they have said to me, they have offended me.” That’s the axis of his discourse. Did you commit fraud,…
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Boom Turned to Bust | Auge convertido en fracaso
By Matthew Bristow and Sergio Mendoza, Bloomberg, Yahoo News: Bolivia’s Boom Has Turned to Bust, Fueling an Unlikely Presidential Comeback Bid (Bloomberg) — In the thin air of El Alto, just below the Andean snowline, shoppers hunt for bargains at stalls selling cheap shoes, school books, cookware or counterfeit clothing. Signs of Bolivia’s emerging financial…
Warming, deforestation, and pollution | Calentamiento, deforestación y contaminación
By Deisy Ortiz Duran, El Deber: The warming, deforestation, and pollution are the wounds of Mother Earth in Bolivia It is the third country with the most forest coverage in South America, but it also faces deforestation, pollution, and the effects of climate change that strike across the country. Bolivia is a privileged region with…
Ideological Warfare: Unveiling MAS Tactics | Guerra Ideológica: Revelando las Tácticas del MAS
By Jhonny Vargas, El Diario: The MAS Strategy He who tells us the truth, even if bitter, is sincere and respectful of the individual and the country. He who flatters us, deceives and harms us, is interested in dominating and exploiting us, seeking to do so with a nation. This is serious because the consequences…
Crisis reflected in the Bolivian economy is not temporary | Crisis reflejada en economía boliviana no es transitoria
From El Diario: Former director of the Central Bank, BCB José Gabriel Espinoza, former director of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), deemed the “crisis” apparent in certain figures of the Bolivian economy as “not temporary,” forecasting that the situation this year will not be better than in 2023. According to data recorded in the…
Fishermen demand suspension of mining activity in the Beni River | Pesqueros piden suspender actividad minera en río Beni
El Diario: Due to contamination Faced with the serious impacts and damages caused by mining activity on the population living along the riverbanks and on the commercialization of their product, the fishing sector has called for the suspension of mercury use and the cessation of this activity in the basins of the Beni River. “We…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 