Editorial, LosTiempos: On December 31 at midnight —as established by the Political Constitution of the State (CPE)—, the highest authorities of the Judicial Branch end their mandate and must be replaced, at the beginning of January 2024, by others elected in elections that are impossible to hold on time. In these circumstances—as a former constitutional…
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High restriction on freedom of expression | Alta restricción a la libertad de expresión
Journalism under multidimensional violence In Bolivia, restriction on freedom of expression is high CHAPULTEPEC INDEX. “Bolivia gets worse in 2023.” With that phrase begins the executive summary of the Chapultepec Index for the last year referring to the country and which is titled “Journalism under multidimensional violence.” This barometer, which measures institutional actions on freedom…
You’re liberal and you don’t know it | A que eres liberal y no lo sabes
Jaime Dunn, Brujula Digital: Sometimes labels scare us. They refer us to heated debates, complex ideologies and philosophies. But let me pose a surprising idea: day after day, in the choices you make, from the most trivial to the most consequential, you are practicing liberalism and you probably don’t even realize it. Before you skip…
Bolivian liberal movement takes a shared bath for renewal with a view to 2025 | Movimiento liberal boliviano se da baño, compartido, de renovación con miras al 2025
By Fernando Rollano, Free Thinker: Gathering nearly three hundred adherents and participants who filled the event hall in the western area of the city of Santa Cruz and calling for fifteen intellectuals and guest speakers, representatives of the Bolivian liberal movement organized a few days ago a full agenda day called MEETING FOR FREEDOM, as…
Day of Democratic Reaffirmation | Día de la Reafirmación Democrática
El Diario: Four years after Morales’ resignation Conade and platforms remember the Day of Democratic Reaffirmation Population mobilized after electoral fraud, 2019. Remembering that in 2019, the government of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) attempted to impose its will on the entire Bolivian society, through the cult of personality, establishing a corporate-based totalitarian regime, under…
The Non-State in its splendor | El No Estado en su esplendor
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: This week, Bolivians resignedly contemplated the celebration of the Non-State in all its splendor. The celebration was illuminated by fires set in the lowlands that occupy 60 percent of the national territory. The toasts were sealed with the explosion of firecrackers and dynamite at the government headquarters. Dozens of people obeyed…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 