Editorial, El Deber: Through a “constitutional declaration” – it was not a ruling or legal opinion – the judges of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) decided to remain in their positions until the judicial elections promote their successors. The so-called “self-extension”, from which the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the Agro-Environmental…
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Bolivia drops rating in corruption ranking | Bolivia baja calificación en ranking de corrupción
Transparency International (TI) published yesterday its Corruption Perception Index, where Bolivia appears in 133rd place out of 180 countries, with a rating that has been lowered compared to last year. The index is made on a scale from zero to 100, where zero means that a country’s public sector is perceived as “highly corrupt” and…
In search of a leader | En busca de un líder
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: “…in the face of disaster, some ask: Why?…the free man asks: What do I do?” We look like a lost flock. Those of us who write about the political situation in Bolivia, both reading ourselves, sound like sheep bleating. At first it was like listening to the lost ram, as it…
Dismissal of Jeanine Áñez, a farce | Sobreseimiento de Jeanine Áñez, una farsa
Veronica Ormachea, Los Tiempos: The dismissal of conspiracy and sedition charges against former President Jeanine Áñez and her former ministers has been nothing more than a farce by the Bolivian State to give a good image to Bolivians and the international community who are pressing for the release of political detainees. The announcement was a…
Beyond the MAS | Más allá del MAS
Maggy Talavera, Los Tiempos: The serious and profound crisis that the Santa Cruz institutionality faces today, starkly exposed in the absurd confrontation between equals, no less than in the Government, cannot be attributed exclusively to the MAS, either as fault or as merit, as they insist the leadership of Creemos and other sectors of civil…
The road to ruin: How a political rift threatens Bolivia’s stability | El camino a la ruina: cómo una ruptura política amenaza la estabilidad de Bolivia
The Week This past week, Evo Morales’s supporters paralyzed the country By Milan Sime Martinic Bolivian President Luis Arce, center, and his Vice President David Choquehuanca, left, wave to supporters from a presidential palace balcony | AP High in the Andes mountains, the air is thin. Opportunities are scarce. Held together by strong regional societal…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 