From El Dia: The Argentine government’s denunciation against the regime of Luis Arce is not new. Bolivia is deeply involved with Iran, a country that is not coming to improve yucca crops, promote education in Aymara, or incentivize forest conservation. Iran is one of the main promoters of terrorism in the world, and the truth…
Tag: political persecution
In search of justice, 15 years later | En busca de justicia, 15 años después
Editorial, El Deber: In search of justice, the survivors of the Las Américas hotel murder have initiated legal action against the perpetrators of that crime. Three foreigners were extrajudicially executed and later accused of being terrorists and planning to assassinate former President Evo Morales, which served to build a case against opposition leaders from Santa…
The Politics at the Core of MAS | La política en el eje del MAS
By Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: It’s been a year now since we’ve been living in a different country than we were accustomed to for almost three decades, yet the social situation doesn’t reflect the new conditions. Gone is the illusion of an economy shielded with sustained growth, based on emerging middle classes enjoying the fruits…
Erosion of Truth | Erosión de la Verdad
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Media violence and state ideology A couple of decades ago, sitting down to watch the news was truly an intellectual act; social, cultural, political, and societal realities appeared on television screens, in oral and written press, in an organized, comprehensive, and mostly objective manner, with ethical standards that rarely hurt…
Caught in the System: Bolivia’s Judicial Predicament | Atrapado en el Sistema: La Problemática Judicial en Bolivia
By Luz Mendoza, Eju.tv: Summary Procedure: Innocents Forced to Accept Guilt to Stop Judicial Predation It often happens that due to the “evident miseries” of Bolivia’s penal system, after a series of unsuccessful attempts by the accused to prove their innocence —which they are not obligated to do—, faced with the system’s indifference and usually while…
Opposition: Unite or Perish! | Oposición: ¡Unirse o Perecer!
A necessary warning to the opposition By Gisela Derpic, Brujula Digital: In the 1990s, a profound political crisis incubated in Bolivia. Its signs were the coca growers’ mobilizations, the so-called “water war” in Cochabamba, and the blockades in the La Paz highlands between 2000 and 2001. Few noticed the depth of it. Most analysts and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 