Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: Now that we are approaching August 6, the date of the birth of the Republic, we start to think about whether the Plurinational State has achieved its objective of getting rid of it and we see that it is making very little progress in its purpose, because it is facing the…
Tag: political persecution
The killer instinct of MAS – El instinto asesino del MAS
Editorial, El Dia: In the last seven months, Bolivia has witnessed the relentless and authoritarian hand of the State, directed against opposition leaders and human rights activists. It is alarming to see how democracy and respect for fundamental rights are being overwhelmed by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), which seeks to annihilate its opponents to…
Government must stop harassing Amparo Carvajal! 👎🏽 ¡Gobierno debe dejar de hostigar a Amparo Carvajal!
El Diario: The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights, Amparo Carvajal, celebrates 51 days of vigil today, of which 12 remains on the terrace. | La presidenta de la Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos, Amparo Carvajal, cumple hoy 51 días de vigilia, de los cuales 12 permanece en la terraza. Today she turns…
THE LESSONS OF AMPARO CARVAJAL | LAS LECCIONES DE AMPARO CARVAJAL
Editorial, El Dia: The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights (APDH), is giving Bolivians an invaluable lesson and, before the masistas kill her, because that is what they want, it is convenient that we take note of each one of those classes, which do not appear in the books, nor are they contemplated…
The MAS soap opera | El culebrón del MAS
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The open struggle between the two factions of the MAS —evistas, radicals and arcistas, renovators— has been going on for nearly 18 months, during which there are episodes of resurgence and others, less numerous, of a kind of temporary reconciliation, for specific reasons that are far from permanent and tends to last…
In defense of independent journalism – En defensa del periodismo independiente
Editorial El Deber: June 29 is marked in history as a disastrous day for journalism. Pagina Siete announced the end of its editions. This bad news opens a wound in Bolivian society, that a media outlet is forced to close is a blow to freedom and democracy. The news was made official in a letter…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 