Editorial Pagina Siete: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bolivia’s credit rating from B to B- and has changed the outlook to negative from stable. This is bad news for the country because it will reduce its chances of obtaining external financing and attracting investment; however, beyond that fact, it is a lapidary report because it destroys,…
Month: March 2023
Acute crisis of confidence – Aguda crisis de confianza
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The Government of Luis Arce is going through perhaps the most critical trance of his two years and four months in office. The teachers’ protests, which are announcing that they are getting worse, the roadblocks in three departments, which do not seem close to an end, and the political pressures that it…
It’s the economy, it’s not politics – Es la economía, no es la política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through moments of uncertainty due to the economic situation. The slow and forceful fall of the Net International Reserves (NIR), together with the lack of transparency in the information provided by the Government, left a climate of fear and doubts among the citizens, in addition to affecting imports and…
A poor man or a sad little man? | ¿Un hombre pobre o un pobre hombre?
Editorial, Página Siete: In his failed attempt to appear like a poor man, former President Evo Morales ends up playing the role of a sad little man. Accustomed as he is to victimizing himself, he says that he has no money, that he is screwed and that he survives on his ex-president’s diet. The point…
The MAS and violence – El MAS y la violencia
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In less than two weeks, in Potosí, two MAS militants, one a mayor official and the other a deputy, were the object of violent attacks perpetrated by their supporters. It might seem that these are isolated events, but the context of these attacks and the long series of similar events carried out…
Climbing Cholitas – Cholitas Escaladoras
Tanya Imaña Serrano, El Deber: Empowered woman with a skirt: Elena competed in ‘trail running’ in preparation for climbing Everest Elena Quispe is one of the 14 Climbing Cholitas. Last weekend, she tried something different: a run in the mountains of Samaipata Elena Quispe likes challenges. Although racing is not part of his daily activity,…
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