Nick Giurleo, Foreign Brief: Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP Bolivian civic groups threaten strike unless government expedites census Civic groups across Bolivia have threatened a national strike today unless the government promises to conduct a census in 2023. Protesters accuse leftist President Luis Arce’s government of deliberately refusing to expedite the census to prevent oppositional and regional…
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The siege around Santa Cruz puts food security at risk | Cerco a Santa Cruz pone en riesgo seguridad alimentaria
El Diario: Losses caused by the siege and the strike in Santa Cruz reach $150 million. | Pérdidas ocasionadas por el cerco y el paro en Santa Cruz llegan a $us 150 millones. The poultry sector is declared in emergency due to the state of unsustainability of the productive activity as a result of the…
It is time for all Bolivians to defend democracy. | Es hora de que todos los bolivianos defendamos la democracia.
Carlos Toranzo, Página Siete: Authoritarian or dictatorial? Are the MAS leaders and militancies authoritarian or dictatorial? This is asked by many when trying to define the MAS and its governments. Some say that we live in a dictatorship; others express that we are facing an authoritarian government, but that we have not yet reached a…
Police forces repress residents of La Guardia | Fuerzas policiales reprimen a pobladores de La Guardia
El Diario: In the municipality of La Guardia there were moments of tension due to the gassing of the Police, in the confrontation between residents of that town who tried to intervene a blockade installed by social organizations that ask that the strike for the census be lifted. Hard day of violence in Santa Cruz…
What happens in Bolivia and the Census? – ¿Qué pasa en Bolivia y el Censo?
Source/Fuente, whatsapp forwarded message: “What you need to know 👇 1️⃣ On July 21, 2021, Arce enacted D.S. 4546 that established the date of the Census for November 16, 2022. 2️⃣ On March 27, 2022, the Director of the INE guarantees the 2022 Census technically and financially. 3️⃣ On April 13, 2022, the Minister of…
Lack of legal certainty | Falta de seguridad jurídica
El Diario: Senador Erick Morón (Creemos). Threats of nationalization confirm risks for private The declarations of supporters of the MAS and pro-government legislators to affect private property and prevent the passage of products destined to supply the local market, affect the entire population. After threats from pro-government parliamentarians and sectors related to the Movement for…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 