Lupe Cajias, El Deber: A week ago I briefly summarized some examples of the willingness of Bolivian citizens, especially in urban spaces, to resist, fight and defeat initiatives that are authoritarian, arbitrary and/or with dictatorial overtones. The second part of this reflection is to relate this capacity for spontaneous organization, mostly peaceful and courageous, with…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Gold Law is a blank check to squander reserves | Ley del Oro es un cheque en blanco para dilapidar reservas
El Diario: Diputado Carlos Alarcón (CC) CREDITOS / RRSS Alert for international reserves The deputy for the Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), Carlos Alarcón, warned that the government of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) intends to approve regulations that evade the control of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) in international operations related to the purchase and sale…
MASista legacy – 101 – Legado MASista
Antonio Saravia, Página Siete: Aimlessly The country has lost its way. No one who honestly looks at the health of our democracy or our economy can say that “we are doing well” and that a promising future awaits us. And we didn’t actually lose it, we let it be stolen from us. The MAS has…
The State is not a good administrator | El Estado no es un buen administrador
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The Administrator and pensions The specialists in economics, when establishing an overview of what is to come next year, point out that one of the central issues will be the administration of retirement resources by the Public Pension Manager. The substance of the matter is as follows: there is a deep and…
The looting of gold – El saqueo del oro
Editorial, Los Tiempos: There is no other way to describe extractivist activities that cause irreparable damage. Because these predatory tasks have counterproductive edges that will incur a bill that will be difficult to pay, not only in the short term, but above all in the medium and long terms, that is, for the new generations….
Five pressing questions for the future of lithium mining in Bolivia | Cinco preguntas apremiantes para el futuro de la minería del litio en Bolivia
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: COLCHANI, Bolivia — Bolivia is taking another shot at lithium investment. After decades of stalled projects and soured relationships with international investors, the central government, under left-wing President Luis Arce, is evaluating offers from six overseas mining companies eager to help the country set up a monopoly on the world’s largest deposit…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 