Editorial, Los Tiempos: Rule looking back “You have to be calm,” said yesterday, in a radio program, a former Minister of Government of Evo Morales when referring to the health situation we are experiencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To support his invocation of calm, the ex-authority immediately began to compare the fatality rates of…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Conditions for a good year for the economy – Condiciones para un buen año de la economía
Editorial, El Deber: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week issued a report on the economic situation in Bolivia with interesting conclusions that should draw the attention of the Government and the country’s economic actors. The most relevant data is that the international organization projects a growth of 5 percent in the Bolivian economy, and…
Abuses against the former president – Abusos contra la expresidenta
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: It is no longer possible for citizens to have to be aware of the political offensive that the MAS has mounted against former president Jeanine Áñez, whom, in addition to accusing her of a series of acts that she did not commit, now they want to entangle her with the “coup…
The missed opportunities – Las oportunidades perdidas
Juan Antonio Morales, Pagina Siete: Our history is marked by a rosary of missed opportunities. In hindsight, it is quite clear and documented that we missed the export boom of 2004-2014. In some years, such as 2012 and 2013, the extra income we received was higher than 8% of GDP. Historians of our economy will…
Crime investigation – Investigación de delitos
Editorial, El Diario: In recent years, crimes of corruption proliferated in dependencies of the Plurinational State that caused the country to receive high marks from international organizations and severe criticism from public opinion, which caused so much unrest that it caused the destabilization of some governments. These acts of corruption in ministries, public companies, official…
Annoying centralist interference – Molesta interferencia centralista
President Luis Arce clearly despises the legal standing of the Governorates and Municipalities. The picture below of two headlines this Monday, shows he supplants the competences of the elected officials at the departamental and municipal authorities. It could have not be otherwise, the masistas cling to power at all costs, their demagogue and ochlocratic behavior…
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