Editorial from El Dia: The permanent Bolivian crisis Does anyone remember when Bolivia was free of ultimatums? When was it that we were without threats? When could we get away from the precipice, without being about to take the step towards the abyss? When could we dream of leaving the old stigma of an infeasible…
Tag: public safety
Fear and dying in pandemic-enveloped Bolivia
Milan Sime Martoinic writes in The Week: Bolivia is bewildered about the concept of being held hostage by an invisible enemy Parallel universes of fear and death play out life on tracks where others live out quarantine in comfort and safety. In between, others are trapped between a virtual devastation and an uncertain hope. Nowhere…
Between power and death – Entre el poder y la muerte
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: Between power and death An unprecedented dilemma has put the political system in trouble, two irreducible principles are faced: the principle of opportunity and that of public health. In the first, the political conditions that would eventually lead to an electoral victory are prioritized, it is a question of…
Reflections from Bolivia
Ryandall Lim writes for Straits Times: Up in the cloudless sky, a million stars twinkled. I had traipsed across South America and capped my 40-day adventure in Bolivia. 2020 was off to a great start and I could not wait for the rest of it. But towards the end of my trip in February, posts…
Bolivia population, shame on you! – ¡Bolivianos, qué vergüenza!
Editorial from El Diario: A population that does not accept taking care of itself and being disciplined The presence of the coronavirus entails a series of difficulties not only for the authorities but for the very environments in which the evil is performed that does not shake in causing more victims because, even if there…
Constituent and federalism – Constituyente y federalismo
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Constituent and federalism The October-November revolution has not been understood by politicians. What the country wants is a real change, for example, a constituent that is a clean slate and a new account, starting with adopting federalism. This could have been achieved by announcing, on November 10, that open…
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