By Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: Our Brief Independence Nine years had passed since the head of the great Argentine Ignacio Warnes had been severed by the edge of the sword of the “ferocious” brigadier Francisco Xavier de Aguilera when, at last, Santa Cruz became free and independent. At dusk on February 14, 1825, Colonel José…
100 Days: Progress or Improvisation? | 100 días: ¿avance o improvisación?
By Brújula digital: One hundred days in office: ruling party defends progress and opposition denounces improvisation Legislators from the PDC and Unidad backed the economic measures promoted by the Executive and highlighted consensus in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. From Alianza Popular, they questioned the lack of a clear policy to confront the crisis. A session of the Chamber of Deputies…
Bolivian Coffee Reaches Global Elite | Café boliviano conquista la élite mundial
By Vision 360: From Bolivia to the world: Typica positions itself among the 100 best international coffee shops The Bolivian coffee shop reaches 33rd place globally, highlighting the quality of the coffee and the talent of its professionals in the country. Typica was born in 2015 as a dream of four young Bolivians passionate about…
The State Remains Captured by MAS Bureaucracy | Estado sigue capturado por burocracia masista
By El Diario: At 100 days into the government of Rodrigo Paz, economist and political scientist Fernando Untoja described an administration that “put the surface in order” but avoided touching the core of power, warning that the Bolivian State remains governed by a bureaucracy of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) that, far from enabling governability,…
Debt Is Not the Solution | La deuda no es la solución
By ANF, Eju.tv: Dunn: We cannot repeat the mistake of replacing income with debt; that was already done and led us to this crisis The analyst and financial expert Jaime Dunn indicated that the Government cannot repeat the same mistake that led the country to the current crisis: resorting to external debt to cover State spending. For…
Bolivia’s Professional Gap | La brecha profesional de Bolivia
By Rolando Morales, Brujula Digital: There Is a Shortage of Professional Cadres During the government of the MAS, there was a combination of somewhat more or less labor efficiency with somewhat more or less social inclusion. Now, under a middle-class government, it turns out that, in any case, Bolivia does not have a sufficient number…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 