Editorial from El Diario: Destabilizing political tactic At this point there is no longer any doubt that the MAS – following the instructions of its boss – is developing its low intensity civil war tactic to profoundly destabilize the Transitional Government. This development increasingly adds new fronts of conflict. Now the middle and minor municipalities…
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Are we a pathetic country? – ¿Somos un país patético?
Vesna Marinkovic writes in El Dia: Are we a pathetic country? I am beginning to fear that we are a pathetic country. In 195 years of history we have not been able to build an institutional framework that makes us a solid and reliable country; we almost survived by magic. Planning is outside our borders….
The failure of the Plurinational State – El fracaso del Estado Plurinacional
Sergio Medinaceli writes in Pagina Siete: The failure of the Plurinational State “He who begins badly ends badly.” The Constituent Assembly called in 2006 for the total reform of the Political Constitution of the State begins with expectation the change that the country required due to the exhaustion of the political party system; the citizen…
A naked nation – Una nación desnuda
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: A naked nation Bolivians have known for a long time that we inhabited a poor country, but suddenly, in the face of the common pots that flooded the belts of poverty in large cities, the country felt that being a poor country was not a mere expression; it had…
Bolivia: on the razor’s edge – en el filo de la navaja
Ruddy Orellana writes in Los Tiempos: Bolivia, on the razor’s edge Like déjà vu, several publications from different international newspapers come to mind that in 2005, during the social revolts that ended with Carlos Mesa’s resignation from the presidency, echoed a fragmented country, broken in its social and political structure and going through one of…
CORRUPTION 101: MAS impunity – Impunidad masista
Wilson Aguilar reports for Los Tiempos: At least 15 cases of corruption by MAS continue with impunity At least 15 cases of alleged corruption that occurred in the MAS government remain unclear. An expert assures that crimes of this type do not prescribe. In recent days, members of the MAS, including Evo Morales, questioned about…
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