Dana Leigh, TechRound: Bolivia is quickly emerging as a hotbed for innovative startups These ten Bolivian startups stand out for their innovative approaches, across EdTech, FinTech and sustainability. Here’s a closer look at these 10 trailblazers. 1. Vendis – QR Code Payments Vendis is helping Bolivian businesses innovate with its POS management software. Designed to streamline operations,…
Month: February 2024
Real salary and job quality fall | Caen sueldo real y calidad del empleo
Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: The real salary reaches 2005 levels and the quality of employment in companies falls Real remuneration in private companies reaches, on average, Bs1,574 in 2023, similar to Bs1,553 18 years ago. Experts see that job insecurity is increasing It’s noon and Miguel, 40, zigzags his car through the chaotic streets…
Road blockade exposes lack of food production in the West | Bloqueo de caminos desnuda falta de producción de alimentos en occidente
Willy Marcos Chipana Mamani, El Diario: The road blockade carried out by the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) related to Evo Morales, shows that in the country there was no balanced productive development between the east and the west, which would allow it to exploit its economic capabilities in a comprehensive manner. This, apart from the…
THE PRESIDENTIAL – EL PRESIDENCIABLE
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: It is obvious, and all Bolivians comment, that an opposition leader is needed, even more so, that he becomes the only candidate to confront the MAS in the next elections. So far nothing new. It is also not new that there are already several candidates or they paint themselves as…
Judicial coup? | ¿Golpe judicial?
Editorial, El Deber: Through a “constitutional declaration” – it was not a ruling or legal opinion – the judges of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) decided to remain in their positions until the judicial elections promote their successors. The so-called “self-extension”, from which the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the Agro-Environmental…
Economic disaster | Descalabro económico
El Diario: Bolivia increasingly closer to economic disaster The fall in the Net International Reserves (RIN) of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), the shortage of dollars, fuel and the excessive rise in food prices, a situation that has been going on since the last administration, added to the growing external debt, show a complicated…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 