CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press, ABC News: In Bolivia, literacy training makes a profound difference Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its citizens could not read nor write a generation ago PUCARANI, Bolivia — Anacleta Mamani has no teeth, but a happy smile: She’s learned to read and…
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MAS: Cheap politicking – Politiquería barata
El Diario: Camacho criticizes spending “millions on politicking” After the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the dispute between Chile and Bolivia over the waters of Silala, the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, criticized the two defeats against the trans-Andean country and considers that Evo Morales should be prosecuted. He…
Arce failed! – ¡Se aplazó Arce!
Editorial, El Dia: Arce generates more conflicts The minister-cheerleaders and megaphone advisers who warm Luis Arce’s ear have told him that he is the big winner in the battle for the census, that those cowardly policemen, the hooded gang members and the shock groups led by public officials, have managed to bend the Santa Cruz…
Luis Arce: Who is? – ¿Quien es?
Javier Medrano – Periodista/Journalist: Arce, a defeated politician The president of Bolivia is a tiny man. Not only because of his banal and superfluous personality, but also because, as a public official, he has no weight. He is not important. He does not move the needle of the scale. He is not a leader. He…
An aimless President! – ¡Un Presidente sin rumbo!
Editorial, Página Siete: President, avoid the worst mistake of your government Mr. President, the country is at a crossroads and you, who have the decision in your hands, cannot afford to make a mistake, which could be the worst of your government. A mistake on his part could lead him to repent when it is…
Government does not want to do the census | Gobierno no quiere hacer el censo
Nick Giurleo, Foreign Brief: Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP Bolivian civic groups threaten strike unless government expedites census Civic groups across Bolivia have threatened a national strike today unless the government promises to conduct a census in 2023. Protesters accuse leftist President Luis Arce’s government of deliberately refusing to expedite the census to prevent oppositional and regional…
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