Tanya Imaña, El Deber: The five reasons why Santa Cruz goes on strike this Monday 25 The Interinstitutional Committee for the Promotion of the Census called for this pressure measure, as a way of making its voice heard This Monday 25 Santa Cruz for, at the call of the Interinstitutional Committee for the Promotion of…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Bolivia: Fails to meet standards for the elimination of trafficking | Incumple estándares para la eliminación de trata
El Diario: Authorities prosecuted fewer traffickers, specialized services for victims remained scarce, and efforts to target labor were negligible, according to the document. Recommends increased efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers, including perpetrators of forced labor and criminality. The Government of Bolivia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of…
Another lost arbitration | Otro arbitraje perdido
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Once again, the Bolivian State has lost an arbitration before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the international body established by the World Bank for these disputes between States and private investors. The arbitration that the State has lost this time was filed in 2018 by the Spanish group…
Census in pre-election year? | ¿Censo en año preelectoral?
Editorial, Página Siete: Finally, it was established that the government authorities, and particularly the National Institute of Statistics (INE), were lying to the country when they said that the process for carrying out the Population and Housing Census in November of this year was on wheels, that the census ballot was almost finished and that…
Environmental deaths that should have been avoided | Muertes ambientales que debieron evitarse
Editorial, Página Siete: The Concepción lagoon, an idyllic place in the Chiquitania of Santa Cruz, has ceased to exist. Had no funeral or death certificate. The Bolivian State let her die with indifference. Ñembi Guasu is a “new” conservation area in the Chaco” (it is three years old) and it is the second in importance,…
Imposition, instead of consensus – Imposición, en vez de consenso
Editorial, Página Siete: Although the government of Luis Arce is less strident than that of Evo Morales, both are very similar in the exercise of power. For example, if they do not have a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Assembly to elect high-ranking state officials, they issue decrees for their direct appointment. This mechanism was…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 