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…
Tag: Ochlocracy
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…
Bolivia: returns to hydrocarbon deficit | vuelve al déficit en hidrocarburos
Editorial, El Deber: After 30 years, what was seen to come and what those who know were warning about finally happened: Bolivia has a deficit between exports and imports of hydrocarbons; this means that more is spent on buying fuel from abroad than what is earned from the sale of natural gas. According to official…
What makes us feel Bolivian? | ¿Qué nos hace sentir bolivianos?
El Diario: The polarization that the country is experiencing from the confrontation between two political views on identity has led a group of young analysts to debate the differences and coincidences that exist in society to answer the question: What makes us feel Bolivian?, in the forum organized by the Fides News Agency (ANF). The…
Bolivia’s perennial student leader clung to post for decades without graduating
Max Mendoza has been arrested after a judge said his 32-year enrollment at university on a government salary may be a crime AP in La Paz Max Mendoza has been a remarkably persistent student – and a profitable one: he has been enrolled at a public university in Bolivia for 32 years but never graduated, much of it while being…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 