By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Pumari on his arrest: “Three years of cowardly kidnapping, carried out by some who believe their position is eternal” The former civic leader from Potosí is accused of the burning of the Departmental Electoral Tribunal in that region during the post-electoral conflicts of 2019. Marco Pumari was a civic leader…
Tag: political persecution
To vote or not to vote, that is the question | Votar o no votar, esa es la cuestión
Editorial, El Diario: After two years of debates, disputes, and turbulence in the Legislative Assembly, as well as in the Judicial, Electoral, and Executive branches, on December 15, judicial elections will finally take place to fill the 84 seats across various chambers of the country’s judicial system. The event will unfold amidst a heated political…
After the MAS disaster that has left Bolivia in ruins | Después del desastre masista que ha dejado a Bolivia hecha trizas
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, El Diario: “Pacted democracy” The masterminds of Indo-Spanish masismo (indigenous and mestizo figures alongside Spanish populists) gathered in their offices, filled with the scent of coca leaves, sweat, and garlic, concocting ideas to draft constitutions and laws that would dismantle Bolivia’s fragile democracy without it being apparent. They invented a host…
Periodistas en Bolivia enfrentan ataques y agresiones verbales | Journalists in Bolivia face attacks, verbal assaults
4 de Diciembre, 2024 5:29 PM WASHINGTON — Temiendo por su vida, Josué Chube Choque recuerda haber gritado que era periodista mientras manifestantes lo atacaban el mes pasado en Bolivia. El reportero trabajaba para la estación de televisión Unitel, cubriendo las protestas generalizadas de los partidarios del expresidente de Bolivia, quienes bloqueaban carreteras en todo…
It is urgent to reorganize the country | Es tarea urgente reordenar el país
Editorial, El Diario: After nearly 20 years of MAS-led governments, with the interim administration of Jeanine Áñez in between, the general elections next year present an opportunity to correct the enormous mistakes made during this period. As public opinion has repeatedly pointed out, public institutions have been dismantled, particularly when they were taken over as…
Citizens take to the streets with the ‘Anillazo’ to demand structural changes and early elections | Ciudadanos toman las calles con el ‘Anillazo’ para exigir cambios estructurales y adelanto de elecciones
By Mauricio Quiroz Terán, El Deber: Thousands of Citizens Take the Streets of Santa Cruz to Protest the Economic Crisis Thousands of citizens, including representatives of Santa Cruz institutions, took to the second ring road to express their discontent with the government of President Luis Arce and to demand urgent measures to address the growing…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 