By Alejandro Brown, Eju.tv: While reviewing my files from the exile years, I stumbled upon a real gem that today makes more sense than ever. It was a publication from the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio from January 2007, about the book Un tal Evo by our compatriots Darwin Pinto and Roberto Navia. And honestly, reading it today is infuriating, because it shows…
Dollar Pressure Despite Exports | Presión del dólar pese a exportaciones
By El Deber: Bolivia exports more, but pressure on the foreign exchange market persists Bolivian exports currently constitute the country’s main source of foreign currency inflows. The growth of exports helps sustain the inflow of dollars into the country, although experts warn that the settlement of foreign currency payments still takes months. Goods leave Santa…
Not only dialogue, but also direction | No solo diálogo, también rumbo
By Jaime Dunn, Eju.tv: Not only dialogue, but also direction: because ideology defines the size of the bread I value the national dialogue and congratulate the government for organizing it. Bolivia needs fewer blockades and more institutional conversation. But the country needs something deeper: direction. Bolivia does not only need to talk. Bolivia needs to…
Pay for Production | Pago por Producción
By Erbol: THE CURRENT ONE HARMS THEM Microentrepreneurs prepare labor law proposal based on the premise that payment should be tied to production Leader Guillermo Chávez explains the characteristics of the proposal. The microenterprise sector is drafting a new Labor Law that adapts to modern times and production methods, because it believes the current regulation…
Bolivia’s Long Socialist Decline | Setenta años de socialismo y decadencia boliviana
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Broken by Statism Bolivia’s economic collapse did not begin with Evo Morales or the MAS. The roots go much deeper. Since the 1952 National Revolution, generations of Bolivian politicians have embraced different versions of socialism, state control, and economic populism. The promise was always the same: more equality, more justice, more prosperity…
The Other Side of the Anger Over Law 1720 | La otra cara del enojo con la Ley 1720
By German Huanca, Urgente.bo: The repeal of Law 1720 is not an act of justice toward peasants or indigenous people: it is a political operation. Behind the chorus of voices clamoring against this law hide three interests that have little to do with the well-being of the rural sector — leaders of the CSUTCB and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 