28 December, 2007
Please reboot your Country
Heading into 2008, Bolivia is fundamentally polarized such that no resolution seems possible. Granted, it has been like this for almost four years now, but with both sides unwillingly to concede or even talk, you have to wonder how much longer lines on a map will continue to hold it together.
...click to continue reading.27 August, 2007
Boliva - more fragile than ever?
has suspended its work indefinitely. Campesinos and other indigenous groups plan to march
through the streets of Sucre peacefully to advocate "http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/agosto/lun27/35marcha."> ...click to continue reading.
16 January, 2007
Evo - one year later
It's been one year since Evo Morales became Bolivia's president. While the goals of his administration - refounding the country on a more equitable foundation - are hard to argue with, his methods and results are disastrous. He's used demagougery and stirred up his supporters to cause civil unrest and blockades around the country in the hopes that his party, MAS, will get its way.
...click to continue reading.19 December, 2006
Bolivia: spliting into two camps
As usual, MABB has an informative analysis of the situation in Bolivia, where 4 of the 9 departments have elected to reject the new constitution if the Constituent Assembly revokes the 2/3 majority rule.
...click to continue reading.22 November, 2006
Bolivia: Governors Defect, Bill Gates and Evo
Your semi-regular Bolivia update. The governors from six of the nine departments (states) have cut all communications with the federal government.
...click to continue reading.6 September, 2006
Unsettling times in Bolivia
The excellent MABB tells us that Things are Getting Ugly in Bolivia. My native country is in the midst of rewriting the Consitution and it is turning into a divisive process.
...click to continue reading.The main message is that the Constitutional Assembly is in serious crisis.
28 August, 2006
Windows in Quechua
Blue Screen of Death is "Anqas Toqu millay" - Filthy Blue Window is the best I could
do. Microsoft releases language support for Quechua, one of the native languages spoken in Bolivia.
Probably to less fanfare than they expected.
...click to continue reading."We congratulate Microsoft for having facilitated the use of computers in our own languages, but we have to advance towards systems that are more open because we still have to pay a license fee (to use the software) to Microsoft," Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said.
14 August, 2006
Energy nationalization suspended
Talk about putting the cart before the horse! Bolivia's Hyrdocarbons Ministry aanounced that the nationalization of oil and gas industries will be temporarily suspended. Seems the state company does not have the fund or operating capacity to take over production.
...click to continue reading.31 July, 2006
Morales injured in futbol match
Sometimes, the things I post about have a strange way of intersecting. This past weekend, Bolivian president suffered a broken nose during a football match. Take note that while the BBC describes the game as "an indoor footbal match", based on the picture, it looks more like Futsal.
...click to continue reading.5 July, 2006
Bolivian referendum and constituent assembly results
On Sunday July 2, Bolivians went to the polls to elect representatives to a Constituent Assembly which will meet to rewrite the Boilvian constitution. MABB has collected reactions of the world press. There is a suspicion that the assembly will used by Evo Morales to strengthen his grip on power following Hugo Chavez.
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