By El Diario: Cedla Alert The flooding of populations such as Quime, Tipuani, and Guanay in the department of La Paz is attributable to mining, which diverts rivers to expand its legal and illegal operations at a frantic pace, according to Alfredo Zaconeta, a researcher at the Center for Labor and Agricultural Development (Cedla). The…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
The End of Innocence | El fin de la inocencia
By Ronald MacLean Abaroa, El Dia: Bolivians are no longer surprised by anything. Like frogs in a pot of boiling water, the MAS government, now led by Luis Arce Catacora, has slowly accustomed us to increasing the heat of judicial abuses and economic havoc to the point where we’ve lost the ability to react with…
MAS needs to leave, serious and tough adjustment is needed | El MAS debe irse, se necesita un ajuste serio y duro
By Let’s Make Democracy, Erbol: THE KEY IS TO GO TO THE IMF Economist: If the MAS returns to government, we will continue in crisis; a serious and tough adjustment is needed Economist Alberto Bonadona warned that if the MAS wins this year’s elections, Bolivia will continue to be mired in an economic crisis. To…
Irrecoverable Losses Due to Roadblocks | Pérdidas sin recuperación por bloqueos de caminos
Editorial, El Diario: One of the most detrimental events of the past year was the roadblocks, organized whenever a social sector wanted to express its dissatisfaction with the government’s lack of attention to their demands, usually driven by sectoral or partisan interests rather than for the benefit of the entire population. Such was the case…
Not arrested because he is feared | No lo apresan porque le tienen miedo
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: The great independent ayllu of Chapare If the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, had refused to respond to a judicial summons for any trivial accusation against him, he would have been declared defiant and contemptuous of the law. The Bolivian Police, Armed Forces, and MAS militias residing in…
It’s time to abandon empty rhetoric and historical mistakes | Es tiempo de dejar discursos vacíos y errores históricos
By El Diario: 2025, a Crucial Electoral Year 2024 will be remembered as a year marked by economic challenges, political turmoil, and tensions, according to Alejandra Camargo, a deputy from Comunidad Ciudadana (CC). She also noted that 2025 will be defined as an electoral year, where Bolivians must show whether they have learned the lessons…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 