By César del Castillo, El Deber: Bolivia Authorizes Remittance Withdrawals at the Reference Exchange Rate and Dollar Deposit Returns Up to $3,000 Beginning May 7, remittances may be collected through the financial system at the reference exchange rate. And beginning July 15, savers will start withdrawing dollar deposits on a staggered basis, under a plan…
A System Built on Disorder | Un sistema construido sobre el desorden
Editorial Pensamientos Bolivianos: Bolivia no está frenada por falta de trabajo, sino por un sistema que vive del desorden Hay una escena demasiado común en Bolivia: un ciudadano entra a una oficina pública para resolver un trámite sencillo y termina atrapado entre sellos, formularios, fotocopias, observaciones, filas y ventanillas. Lo mandan a otra institución, luego…
COB’s Strike Fizzles Before It Starts | El paro de la COB se desinfla antes de arrancar
By El Diario: Agreement Lifts Yungas Road Blockade COB Strike Rejected as Bolivia Demands Stability The call by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) for an indefinite nationwide general strike with mobilizations was rejected by strategic sectors across the country. Truckers, informal merchants, civic platforms, and the Pro Santa Cruz Committee all publicly refused to join…
Bolivia Held Hostage by Blockades | Bolivia rehén de los bloqueos
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Why Do the COB and Other Actors Keep Blockading? The media speaks of social actors on the move—miners, peasants, teachers, COB leaders—with the same revolutionary tone heard at the beginning of the millennium. It would seem we are talking about the same actors. They are not. Those earlier marchers moved with an…
Saving Bolivia Before Collapse | Salvar a Bolivia Antes del Colapso
Editorial, El Dia: There Is a Need to Save the Country Bolivia is on the brink, and the worst part is that it continues moving toward the abyss. This is neither rhetoric nor catastrophism: it is a diagnosis confirmed by the numbers, the conflicts, and recent history. The current government inherited a country in ruins—hollowed…
A Crash, A Mob, A Collapse | Un accidente, una turba y un colapso
Pensamientos Bolivianos: Hércules FAB-81: el accidente que expuso una cadena de negligencias y el derrumbe de todas las defensas La tragedia del 27 de febrero en El Alto dejó 24 muertos, más de 40 heridos y un cargamento de 17,1 millones de billetes nuevos disperso entre cadáveres y turbas; dos meses después, las investigaciones confirman…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 