Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: The catastrophic collapse of agricultural production The dramatic announcement that the import of rice increased fifteen times! last year, it has been the coup de grace for the non-traditional and traditional agriculture of our country. In addition, nobody thought that such an outcome would be the work of the…
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Bolivian public transport 101
Juan Jose Toro writes in Los Tiempos: Quality: that is the question Still a few days away from Christmas 2013 but the Spanish language page made me a gift: taught me that the word “taxi” comes from “meter” which is the “unit which will be provided to some rental cars, which automatically dials the distance…
The perception of the people about the role of the Bolivian State
Armando Mendez writes in El Dia: The perception of the people about the role of the State The so-called “neoliberal” period in Bolivia did not change the way of thinking of the Bolivian people. Since the thirties of the last century, intensified under the denominative from the ‘national revolution’ in the 1950s, led to its…
To understand the driving forces and motives of current Bolivian Ochlocracy!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: The Sinahota prophecy A document which became known in 2007 with the name of thesis of Sinahota, attributed to the ‘vice’ Álvaro García Linera, caused concern for a few weeks, but no one denied it. To check it now allows to warn that those who drafted the document were…
Bolivian ochlocracy and their fear of those who are literate!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: Fear of books This is a Government that has shown fear of books from the first day. H.E. [His Excellency] said, as a sly confidence, with all self-confidence, that he has never read a book, that his school were the streets and roads. And Foreign Minister Choquehuanca began taking…
Bolivian politics 101: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism
Andres Gomez writes in Pagina Siete: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism developed as a strategy for the social idiocy to stay in power. Is there a risk that these totalitarian currents are occurring in the present age? Anything can happen, better to prevent. Recognize them how to care for democracy? I have…
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