By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: The Shell case is not an isolated incident. It is part of a repeated pattern of unilateral decisions, improvised nationalizations, and, afterward, the absence of an adequate international legal strategy. Last week, Bolivians were informed that the Anglo-Dutch multinational Shell notified the Bolivian State of a dispute over YPFB’s breach…
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Evo Morales is not the people | Evo Morales no es el pueblo
By Juan José Toro, Brújula Digital: True to a style we’ve gotten used to more than 20 years later, Evo Morales has used the high proportion of null votes in the August 17 elections to claim that this is a “triumph of the Bolivian people.” The statement would make sense were it not for a…
Diplomacy in Times of Fiscal Adjustment: Should Embassies Be Closed? | Diplomacia en tiempos de ajuste fiscal: ¿Hay que cerrar embajadas?
By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: The establishment of diplomatic missions between two states is not an act of ideological loyalty, personal sympathy between heads of state, nor a matter of political improvisation. Bolivia has been facing a recurring fiscal deficit for over eleven years, an external debt surpassing $13 billion, and a steady loss of…
¿Qué está en juego para el medioambiente en las próximas elecciones de Bolivia? | What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections?
Por Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: El 17 de agosto, los bolivianos elegirán presidente, vicepresidente y 166 parlamentarios. En cuanto a políticas ambientales, el país encara decisiones cruciales sobre compromisos climáticos, desarrollo del litio, minería ilegal de oro y deforestación en la Amazonía y la Chiquitanía. La mayoría de los candidatos son ambiguos o silencian estos temas,…
Woke and Progressive Illusions: Bolivia’s Imported Ideological Poison | Ilusiones Woke y Progre: El veneno ideológico importado para Bolivia
By Bolivian Thoughts: Across the West, the so-called “woke” and progressive wave has flooded universities, media, and politics. It sells itself as a noble crusade for justice and equality but leaves behind division, moral confusion, and the destruction of shared values. Under its banner of “inclusion,” it imposes rigid dogmas where disagreement is treated as…
TSE confirms the Presidential Debate will take place this Tuesday, August 12 | TSE ratifica la realización del Debate Presidencial para este martes 12 de agosto
By RTP, Eju.tv: The TSE’s electoral officer confirmed that the mandatory event will be held in El Alto with the participation of four candidates. Click to watch vídeo: Tahuichi Tahuichi, a member of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), confirmed on Monday night that the second stage of the Presidential Debate will be held this Tuesday,…
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