Editorial, El Dia: Bolivia is going through one of the deepest crises in its republican history. This is not an ordinary political crisis, the kind the country has managed to resolve through pacts, negotiations, and a measure of pragmatism. What is happening now is qualitatively different: it is the organized, violent, and desperate resistance of…
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Conspiracies Against Democracy | Conspiraciones contra la democracia
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Even before the electoral runoff, it was known that Evo Morales would not remain still; his non-electoral Plan B was to destabilize whichever government came to power. It was the chronicle of an announced conspiracy, now already underway. Lara’s presence alongside Loza in Cochabamba is the explicit manifestation of that…
The statist ideology will leave Bolivia without an energy supply | La ideología estatista dejará a Bolivia desabastecida de energía
By Álvaro Ríos, Vision 360: I sense that the energy shortage could bring the country to its knees. I hope I am completely wrong and that we are able to communicate and make Bolivians understand that major changes are necessary and that we are going to suffer. Bolivia is moving along a very delicate path…
Constitutional Reform Frozen by Crisis | Reforma Constitucional Frenada por la Crisis
By Yolanda Mamani, El Deber: The critical path to modifying the Political Constitution requires at least four steps After six months, Rodrigo Paz presented the 10 core laws to change the state model/APG As long as the Government does not solve the economic and social crisis, there will not be a suitable scenario for structural…
October 10, 1982: Presidential Election Day | Día de la Votación Presidencial
By Oscar Antezana: On October 10, 1982, we did not recover democracy; we only recovered the right to vote. On October 20, 2025, 43 years later, Bolivia voted again and once more it was said that democracy had triumphed. Bolivia has not lived in a democracy for a long time, perhaps only in a few…
Change or Collapse | Cambio o Colapso
By Brújula Digital: Ronald MacLean Recommends Renewing the Cabinet to Advance the Change of Model The former minister revived a controversial phrase attributed to Paz Estenssoro: “Hopefully people like you, even better if they respect you. But if they neither like nor respect you as a government, then they must fear you.” Ronald MacLean on…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 