AFP, France24: Bolivia sets date for census after violent protests La Paz (AFP) – Bolivia’s leftist President Luis Arce said Friday a bill had been approved to hold a national census in March 2024 after weeks of deadly protests over the count. “We passed this Census Law so people’s blood will not be spilled. The census…
Tag: political persecution
Undeniable and ruthless political persecution | Innegable y despiadada persecución política
Diego Seas, El Deber: Calvo: “I do not regret facing the civic role, although the human cost has been my family and losing all my sources of employment” The civic leader spoke with EL DEBER in an extensive interview where he referred to his health, the pain of losing his job after 17 years. But…
Learnings for the next battle | Aprendizajes para la próxima batalla
Editorial, El Deber: Santa Cruz has not yet finished getting back on its feet after its longest battle in democracy, which made Cruceños hold their breath for 36 and a half days, and the topic of conversation for the whole week will still be the days and nights of the rotonda, when in other conditions…
What is the masismo now? | ¿Qué es el masismo ahora?
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: Fraud or death In the course of the current conflict, what the MAS has shown in all its tendencies is that its leaders recognize that without electoral fraud, the party could not exist. The tendencies of the party maintain their furious differences only to the point where the subsistence of fraud…
SANTA CRUZ: Towards self-determination | Hacía la autodeterminación
Juan Carlos Fortún, El Deber: Commission of notables will work on a critical path towards self-determination The commission of notables will be formed next week, according to the announcement by the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho. Analysts indicated that one of its goals is the deepening of departmental autonomy The constitutional commission, made…
Census law bogged down by seats in congress | Ley del Censo empantanada por escaños en el Congreso
Diego Seas, El Deber: According to the Interinstitutional Committee, the point that now bogs down the Census Law is the redistribution of seats The spokesman Manfredo Bravo affirmed that the project should be approved in the Senate until this weekend, in order to send it quickly to the Executive The spokesman for the Inter-institutional Committee…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 