BBC News Mundo: The challenge of the Santa Cruz region that led the Bolivian government to ban exports of 6 staple foods The Bolivian government has temporarily banned the export of six basic food products, including soybeans, sugar and beef, due to a strike in the agricultural region of Santa Cruz. The export suspension came…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Anti-democratic legacy of masismo | Legado antidemocrático del masismo
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The haulage of public servants Recently, one of the MAS legislators, nothing less than a regional caucus chief, did not even flinch when he was denounced for having asked the Minister of Government for “jobs” by letter -such his self-confidence-, and on the contrary “argued”, very loose of body, that the sine…
Deforestation, drug trafficking and land seizure | Deforestación, narcotráfico y toma de tierras
Mauricio Quiroz Terán, El Deber: 83% OF THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE IN SANTA CRUZ Deforestation is accelerating and they see the hand of drug trafficking in the land grab Felcn agents and businessmen affirm that there are “territorial enclaves” in Guarayos and Bajo Paraguá in San Ignacio de Velasco. A report from Fundación Tierra indicates…
Venezuelan interference – Injerencia venezolana
Pablo Peralta, Página Siete: THE GOVERNMENT INSISTS THAT IT WILL NOT ISSUE CRITERION BECAUSE THE IACHR REPORT IS IN RESERVE Terrorism case: IACHR report reveals agreement with unit of the Venezuelan Embassy The document refers to the report of an officer in which he details that the intervention at the Las Américas hotel was followed…
Madidi: Illegal mining – Mineria ilegal
El Diario: Illegal mining in Parque Madidi is an undeniable issue The result of the Popular Action demanding an ecological pause in the territory of the Madidi National Park has not yet been defined. The tie between two members will be defined by a third party. After the judicial decision to postpone the ruling related…
(In)dependence? – ¿(In)dependencia?
Ronald MacLean, Pagina Siete: The (In)dependence of Bolivia We have lost the Republic of Bolivia and in our bicentennial of 2025 we will no longer have independence to celebrate! Bolivia is today a political colony, a vassal State of the Russian-Cuban orbit together with Venezuela and Nicaragua; Ecuador has half managed to extricate itself, while…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 