AFP, France24: La oposición de Bolivia bloquea las calles en protesta por la ‘persecución’ del gobierno La oposición boliviana bloqueó este lunes calles en las principales ciudades del país en protesta contra el gobierno del presidente Luis Arce, a quien acusan de “persecución política”. La policía respondió con gases lacrimógenos para dispersar a las multitudes…
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Democracia 101 – Bolivia 2021 – Democracy 101
Editorial, El Deber: Democracy in decline If there is a memorable date on the national calendar, that is October 10. On a day like today, 39 years ago, Bolivia left behind the long night of military dictatorships to welcome democracy. To conquer it, a lot of Bolivian blood ran, pain in families who saw their…
Bolivia opposition call march to demand release of ex-president – Oposición boliviana convoca marcha para exigir liberación de la expresidente
AFP, France24: La oposición boliviana ha convocado manifestaciones contra el presidente de izquierda Luis Arce para exigir la liberación de la exjefa de Estado Jeanine Añez y el fin de la “persecución política”. El poderoso Comité Cívico de Santa Cruz, un movimiento regional de líderes empresariales y organizaciones sociales, convocó a una “gran marcha” el…
De mal en peor – From bad to worse
Los Tiempos: Downgrading of Bolivia’s outlook makes access to foreign credit difficult The international rating agency Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook on the Bolivian government’s ratings from stable to negative, a situation that reflects a risk outlook of a weakening of the country’s sovereign credit profile. Moodys’s observed that Bolivia has a significant fiscal…
El paquetazo legislativo del Gobierno – The legislative package of the Government
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The government of President Luis Arce promotes a package of laws that aims to centralize power (even more) in the Executive Branch, which includes the control of much of the personal information of Bolivian citizens. The objective could not be more alarming and sinister. Among all of them, the most controversial is…
Fue pacificación, no golpe – It was pacification, not coup
Pagina Siete: In four paragraphs, the European Union was forceful in stating yesterday that in the meetings that were held at the Bolivian Catholic University (UCB) in November 2019, what was sought was a peaceful solution to the political and social crisis that the country was experiencing and in in no case a rupture of…
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