Max Murillo writes in Pagina Siete: Ombudsman: diagnosis of prepotency Another institution that was totally destroyed by Evo Morales was the Ombudsman’s Office. Evo Morales imposed, as in various institutions, an ignorant and folkloric character like David Tezanos Pinto, simply because he was “evista”, as said character openly manifested it. His actions let a lot…
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In This Bolivian City, Hard-Hit by the Pandemic, a Fake—and Toxic—Coronavirus Cure Proves Popular
Diego Cartagena and Paola Flores report for Time: (COCHABAMBA, Bolivia) — Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching agent that has been falsely touted as a cure for COVID-19 and a myriad of…
Postpone elections – Posponer las elecciones
ABI reports via Hoybolivia.com: Civics against the September 6 elections call a national meeting to take action La Paz, Jul 17 (ABI). – The civic committees called a national meeting, for July 21, to prevent the general elections from taking place on September 6, a date they fear, may end in a massive spread of…
Bolivia: worst covid-19 time – peor momento del Covid-19
El Diario reports: Approaching 50,000 infections Bolivia at the worst moment of Covid-19 expansion More than four months after the presence of coronavirus disease in the national territory and after reports of the highest peaks, from 1,000 cases upwards, for the Deputy Minister of Health System Management, Miguel Ángel Delgado, Bolivia enters the worst moment…
Bolivia Interim President Self-Quarantines After Testing Positive for Coronavirus
VOA News: Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she is self -quarantining and feels fine after testing positive for the cororonavirus. Áñez said Thursday she was tested for the virus last week after members of her staff became infected. She said she will remain in quarantine for 14 days before taking a new test to…
Faced with the growing pandemic curve – Ante la creciente curva pandémica
Editorial from El Diario: Faced with the growing pandemic curve In circumstances close to a true explosive contagion of the Covid-19, the sanitary provisions for control and containment seem scarce. Today we reap the neglect and contempt of public health for decades and, with negative emphasis, when the country enjoyed unprecedented economic income, between 2008…
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