By El Diario: The country’s economic activity is being hindered by the climate of instability and social conflicts, directly affecting the national industry which has to contend with blockades and land seizures in the absence of proper regulatory enforcement. Bolivia has once again entered a wave of protests over various demands, including the shortage of…
Tag: road blockades
Conflicts on the Rise | Conflictos en aumento
Editorial, El Dia: Those who predicted a complicated pre-election period were mistaken. Over 270 conflicts in just three months, averaging three per day, do not inspire optimism and, in any case, paint a bleak picture. In addition to the heightened political struggle between the two factions of MAS, the country’s difficult economic situation only adds…
To reap what has been sown: blocking roads and protests against masismo | A cosechar lo sembrado: bloqueo caminos y protestas contra el masismo
By Carla Mercado, Yerko Guevara, UNITEL, Eju.tv: Transport Confirms Roadblocks and Marches This Monday, Warns of Indefinite Protests The main demands of the sector are a solution to the regular supply of fuel and the shortage of dollars. In recent days, the union sector and importers expressed their support for the protest [Photo: Yerko Guevara…
Uncertainty in business | MAS | Incertidumbre en empresariado
El Diario: CNC points out that the economic situation generates uncertainty in business Given the detriment and economic damage, as a result of the recent blockades of roads and highways in Bolivia, as well as the shortage of fuel and dollars, essential for the development of foreign trade, it has caused an environment of uncertainty…
evo: inopportune and clumsy road blockade – bloqueo inoportuno y torpe
Editorial, El Diario: Evo Morales and the luck of the boomerang The boomerang is a special small wooden weapon, which is thrown by hand and after hitting the enemy it returns to the hands of the person who threw it. Like that type of weapon of an Australian population, it was the road blockade that…
Judicial coup? | ¿Golpe judicial?
Editorial, El Deber: Through a “constitutional declaration” – it was not a ruling or legal opinion – the judges of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) decided to remain in their positions until the judicial elections promote their successors. The so-called “self-extension”, from which the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the Agro-Environmental…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 