El Diario reports: Relationship with Chile Opposition: The President has no coherence The opposition allies agreed to describe the actions of President Evo Morales as a lack of coherence, both in international relations and in the messages he broadcasts on his Twitter account. [This cartoon is from El Diario, 9/14/2016] “Those tweets that are issued,…
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The history of the Bolivian Schindler
Pablo Peralta reports for Pagina Siete: Little-known dimension of the three tin barons The history of the Bolivian Schindler The mining entrepreneur Mauricio Hochschild saved several Jews from the Nazis; besides humanitarian reasons, this entrepreneur sought them to contribute. Mauricio Hochschild was one of the tin barons. But today, thanks to recent research, a facet…
Brazilian government does wrong with diplomats that helped Roger Pinto
From Oglobo.com, written by Demétrio Magnoli: Diplomatic Misery The State becomes a tool for achieving the purposes of the occasional occupants of the government. ‘Respect instructions, respect laws, but not about whims or manifestly illegal orders.” The statement given to the newspaper “A Tribuna”, from Vitória (5/4), should appear at the top of a manual of conduct…
Vargas Llosa and his vision of Bolivia
A good Editorial from El Dia: Vargas Llosa and his vision of Bolivia The first disappointed with Vargas Llosa’s visit should be the Government of Evo Morales, because despite the enormous expectations that had in this regard, the writer made very few criticisms to the Bolivian regime, and only talked about populism, who considered being…
Liberalism 101: What happens in Bolivia…?
Eric Cardenas writes in El Diario: Liberalism The announcement of the arrival of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa to the city of Santa Cruz ignited in official circles of the Government, including the President and Vice President of the plurinational State, a series of statements intended to “disqualify” the writer who received the Nobel…
Ego at its best… just like the old dictatorial regimes… meet the “leader”
This is from El Deber, August 4, 2013: It clearly displays a mandatory order to Bolivian media, to broadcast the effusive and “wisdom-like” speech of current Bolivian president… or else… To listen Castro, Chavez and now Morales spread their sapience is nothing more than a cult to their egos… I remember when there were military…
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