By El Diario: In three weeks of road blockades Following an evaluation of the 21 days of roadblocks in the Tropic of Cochabamba, various sectors of society express concern over the losses incurred by the Bolivian state, the population, and those stranded on the roads, left to fend for themselves. The “masista” struggle for power…
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Masista submission to external powers | Sumisión masista ante poderes externos
By Lupe Cajías, El Deber: Bad Friendships The long regime of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) chose its friendships poorly. The negative consequences not only affect the (Non) Plurinational State of Bolivia but also the future of its inhabitants. This isn’t about mere anecdotes or historical fabrications as attributed to other inept governments in foreign…
A biased IACHR – Una CIDH sesgada
Alfonso Gumucio writes in Pagina Siete: The MAS-IACHR dumbbell I am tempted to include this irony as an anecdote in Ripley’s book because “although you do not believe it”, such a perverse dumbbell has never been seen before between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that depends on the OAS, and a party politician…
The chieftain’s loneliness – La soledad del caudillo
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The chieftain’s loneliness November 2019 gave you a very hard mallet in the head. When you had power it was difficult for you to quit, you got used to it as if it were part of your body; having it, it was no longer necessary for you to bend…
U.S. official accuses ex-leader Morales of fostering violence in Bolivia
Reuters reports: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Former Bolivian leader Evo Morales is fostering instability and violence from inside Argentina and the United States had warned the South American nation that he would be a “headache,” a senior U.S. official said in an interview published on Sunday by Bolivian media. Mauricio Claver-Carone, a senior adviser to…
If this is not a loud and hard slap onto evo, I don’t know what it is …
Erbol reports via El Diario: Vice President-elect of Brazil: “Unasur died” “Unasur’s practically failed, died and forgot to go to bed,” said the vice president-elect of Brazil, Antonio Hamilton Mourau, regarding the situation of the international organization, whose current presidency has Bolivia. Mourau, formula companion of Jair Bolsonaro, made those statements in an interview with…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 