By Megan Janetsky and Paola Flores, Associated Press, The Canadian Press, Yahoo News: Families say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President says it’s not his problem LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed…
Tag: political persecution
The State Must Prosecute Morales and García Linera | El Estado deberá enjuiciar a Morales y García Linera
Brujula Digital, El Diario: The National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (Conade) asserted that following the decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) regarding case 13,546, related to the events at the Hotel Las Américas in 2009, the Bolivian state will have to prosecute former President Evo Morales, who ordered the operation…
Politics and Values | Política y valores
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: What was the trajectory of social and political disaster in Bolivia? A controversial and complicated question, but we could attempt an answer. Since the mid-20th century, Bolivia’s political and social trajectory largely aligned with the phenomena that shook, for better or worse, the entirety of Latin American countries. We could…
Masismo 101: Complicity among rogues, and cynicism | Complicidad entre pillos y el cinismo
By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula Digital: Whale Skin I confess that my capacity for amazement remains intact: “I can’t understand” (as the Chapare cacique always says) the cynicism that protects certain national political figures like a bulletproof vest. These individuals seem impervious to everything, including direct accusations about their ethical and moral, not just political,…
Brink of Economic and Social Collapse | Al borde del precipicio económico y social
By Agustín Saavedra Zambrana, El Deber: Bolivia: A Country on the Brink of Economic and Social Collapse Bolivia is undergoing a multidimensional crisis that threatens its stability and the well-being of its citizens. The government’s erratic economic policies have plunged the country into a spiraling decline that worsens daily. The scarcity of U.S. dollars has…
We need a Bolivia for decent people | Necesitamos una Bolivia para la gente decente
By Carlos Hugo Molina, El Deber: Joan Manuel Serrat set to music the poem by Antonio Machado, “Españolito”: “There is already a Spaniard who wants to live and begins to live / between a Spain that dies and another Spain that yawns. / Little Spaniard coming into the world, God save you. / One of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 