By Luis Fernando Romero, Eju.tv: Bolivia: ranking of the 10 most loss-making public companies in 2025 Was YPFB running a deficit or not? Public companies in Bolivia play an important economic and social role, but their financial sustainability has become a structural problem. Essentially, these companies exist to guarantee access to basic services, correct market…
Bolivians are united more by dread than by heroism | A los bolivianos nos une el espanto antes que la heroicidad
By Javier Medrano, Brujula Digital: Political arrogance fuels ungovernability, social tension, and pushes even the smallest possible transformations in institutional quality and coexistence among citizens to the brink; it places any potential reduction in corruption on the edge and, finally, intensifies the polarization so characteristic of these times due to digital platforms designed for hatred….
Industrials warn: wage hike risks crisis | Industriales alertan: alza salarial agravaría crisis
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Industrials reject wage increase proposal and warn of more inflation, unemployment, and smuggling The COB proposed a 20% wage increase / Photo: Social media The National Chamber of Industries (CNI) maintains that the 20% wage increase proposal put forward by the Bolivian Workers’ Center would worsen the economic crisis and…
Arce Era: Prominent Figures Jailed Without Justice | Era Arce: líderes encarcelados sin justicia
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: During the administration of Arce, prominent figures were imprisoned without their complaints of injustice and mistreatment being heard. Among the former authorities who remained in prison for several years are former president Jeanine Áñez; the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho; former Ministers of Justice Álvaro Coimbra and of…
Debit Cards Go Global Again | Tarjetas de débito vuelven al mundo
By Brújula Digital: From online purchases to payments abroad: restored functions of debit cards The government enabled the use of cards for international and digital transactions. The measure sets a base amount of $500 and aims to normalize users’ transactions. Debit and credit cards / BG With the new government provision, announced Monday morning, debit…
Central Control or Property Risk? | ¿Control central o riesgo a la propiedad?
Editorial Bolivian Thoughts: Property Registry (Derechos Reales) in Bolivia: Necessary Modernization or Risk to Private Property? The recent debate over whether Bolivia’s Property Registry (Derechos Reales) should remain under the Judicial Branch or be transferred to a more centralized entity—potentially with greater Executive influence—is not new. It is, in fact, an extension of long-standing tensions…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 