Editorial, El Deber: Those who live in Santa Cruz see it every day, and perhaps from the relative normality of other cities it is difficult to understand exactly why people are on the streets in Santa Cruz in these nine days; but those who definitely do not want to understand the reasons why the ordinary…
Tag: public policy failures
Cayó la soberbia – Arrogance fell
Editorial, Pagina Siete: A victory of the people President Luis Arce gambled everything for everything to make the strike of the sectors that demanded the repeal of Law 1386 fail in the understanding that a new setback would put the Government in a situation of constant ungovernability. He gambled and lost. After six days of…
Continuarán protestas – Protests to continue
MercoPress: Bolivian protests to continue until Law 1386 is repealed, protesters warn Bolivian protesters have warned their ongoing indefinite strike declared by the Pro Santa Cruz Committee will not be lifted until the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Congress) repeals Law 1386 on the Strategy to Fight the Legitimization of Illicit Profits. Social leader Rómulo Calvo insisted…
Indigenous groups call for gov’t intervention as land grabbers invade Bolivian protected area
Iván Paredes Tamayo on 12 November 2021 | Translated by Sarah Engel, Mongabay: Bajo Paraguá – San Ignacio de Velasco Municipal Protected Area was created on February 12, 2021, to protect 983,000 hectares (about 2,429,045 acres) of primary forest in the Chiquitania region of Bolivia. But despite its new protected status, residents are reporting invasions and human…
Bolivia unions go on strike as political tensions rise
Daniel Ramos, Reuters: LA PAZ, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s transport and retail unions launched an indefinite strike on Monday to protest a law against so-called “illicit profits” and terrorist financing that critics allege is a government ruse to seize private property. Opposition civil and political groups joined the strike, accusing the socialist government of…
Las razones del paro – The reasons for the strike
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Civics, merchants, transporters and other sectors are starting an indefinite general strike today. It is the repetition, expanded, of what happened a month ago and that led the Government to withdraw from the Senate its bill against the Legitimation of Illicit Profits. In the case of the regulation opposed by various sectors…
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