By Oscar Antezana: Bolivia lives with one of the highest levels of informality in Latin America. Around 70–80% of employment is generated outside the formal system. Faced with this reality, the most frequently repeated prescription is to reduce taxes in order to attract informal workers into legality. In this context, one of the recurring proposals…
Cut Spending or Deepen the Crisis | Reducir el gasto o profundizar la crisis
By El Diario: The Government Must Reduce Spending; Not Making the Adjustment Would Deepen the Crisis The economic crisis generated and inherited from previous governments has as one of its main causes the excessive growth of public spending, with a heavy bureaucratic burden and loss-making state companies, in a context of falling revenues. The new…
The Sovereignty of the Mob | La soberanía de la turba
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: An unsuspecting observer might describe what we saw in the city of El Alto, regarding the crashed airplane, as an outbreak of anarchy or a mere overflow of collective violence. In reality, it is something far more systemic and troubling: it is the full exercise of the sovereignty of the…
Retirement Pay at Risk | Jubilaciones en peligro
By El Pais: Pension Funds: The Last Snapshot Before Official Silence Thirteen months, 29.5 billion dollars (as of February 2026), and 2.7 million contributors: the SIP portfolio reveals how the Bolivian State financed its most severe crisis with workers’ pension savings. In December 2025, President Rodrigo Paz Pereira set off a nationwide alarm. “Your contributions…
From Shopkeeper to Hero | De caserita a heroína
By El Deber: She assisted two crew members in her home from the plane that crashed in El Alto: “I didn’t know what to do, they were bleeding” Ana María, one of the heroines of the accident. Photo: RTP and APG Ana María, a resident of El Alto, took two injured people into her home,…
Paz Rises, Free Fall for Lara | Paz sube, caída libre para Lara
By Eju.tv: One of honey and one of gall: poll reveals that Paz maintains high approval and Lara continues in free fall Rodrigo Paz, president of the State, maintains high approval, according to a poll. Photo: AFP oll in the axis cities and El Alto gives 63% approval to President Paz’s management. Edmand Lara has…
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