By Andres Gomez, Brujula Digital: For more than four decades, “democracy” has been the most repeated word in the country, but perhaps the least understood. This October 10, democracy will turn 42 years old in Bolivia. In October 2019, Bolivians were on the verge of losing it. The risk remains. To preserve and defend it…
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Bolivia’s internal political conflict limits its credit capacity and puts its economy at risk | La pelea política interna en Bolivia limita su capacidad crediticia y pone en riesgo su economía
By Juan Carlos Véliz, Eju.tv: Standard & Poor’s warns that Bolivia’s internal political conflict limits its credit capacity and puts its economy at risk In the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, more than $1.1 billion in external loans are stalled due to the lack of agreements between political factions, and the SP report specifically points to the…
Jeanine Añez asks Evo Morales to face “his crimes without crying” | Jeanine Añez le pide a Evo Morales que afronte “sus delitos sin llorar”
Brujula Digital Former President Jeanine Añez. Photo: Video Screenshot From prison, former President Jeanine Añez demanded that MAS leader and former President Evo Morales face “his crimes without crying.” Through her X account, the former president told Morales that “the pedophile’s and criminal issue is called statutory rape, a major crime against minors; it is…
Bolivian exports of cocoa, wood, and leather to the EU must be deforestation-free | Exportaciones bolivianas a la UE de cacao, madera, cueros deben estar libres de deforestación
By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: In December, regulations will come into effect in Europe aimed at preventing raw materials that have caused deforestation, including meat, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soy, and wood, from entering their market. Bolivian coffee is in demand in the European market. Photo: ABI National exports of meat, cocoa, coffee, and…
Lawsuit Against Evo for Statutory Rape and Human Trafficking Leads to Dismissal of Tarija Prosecutor | Demanda contra Evo por estupro y trata de personas provoca despido de la fiscal de Tarija
By Marco Antonio Chuquimia, El Deber: On September 26, Iván Lima had announced he would push for trials against those who “destroyed the innocence of young girls.” A trial in El Alto, two in La Paz, one in Trinidad (Beni), and another in Tarija are the five lawsuits reportedly filed against former president Evo Morales,…
MAS 101: erased ethics and shelved values | borraron la ética y archivaron los valores
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Moral Decline of the MAS The MAS came to power boastfully, proclaiming it was the time of the “new man”—representing ethics, transparency, and respect for women, indigenous peoples, and Mother Earth. Its leaders claimed they would leave behind the moral disasters of neoliberalism and the market’s lack of ethics. However,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 