By Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: It’s been a year now since we’ve been living in a different country than we were accustomed to for almost three decades, yet the social situation doesn’t reflect the new conditions. Gone is the illusion of an economy shielded with sustained growth, based on emerging middle classes enjoying the fruits…
Month: April 2024
Deficit of 7.5% since 2014 | Déficit de 7,5% desde 2014
By Brújula Digital: Economists to Arce: the country has been carrying a deficit of 7.5% since 2014 and YPFB no longer exports $6.6 billion A rural family. Photo: Social Media President Luis Arce asserted on Monday that “Bolivia is not in crisis” and stated that “we are experiencing economic sabotage.” Economic analysts reminded him that…
Recovering the gold and silver will be a “historical vindication” | Recuperar el oro y plata será “reivindicación histórica”
EFE, Los Tiempos: Nation Qhara Qhara: Recovering the gold and silver from the San José galleon will be a “historical vindication” Samuel Flores, one of the leaders of the Qhara Qhara nation, located in the Bolivian region of Potosí, told EFE on Tuesday that the gold and silver found in the Spanish galleon San José,…
United for the Future | Unidos por el Futuro
By Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: A candidacy to defeat MAS in 2025 The obvious goal of an opposition candidacy in Bolivia is to defeat the Movement for Socialism (MAS) in the general election of 2025. I believe that this can be possible if several basic conditions are met, or at least a majority of them….
Erosion of Truth | Erosión de la Verdad
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Media violence and state ideology A couple of decades ago, sitting down to watch the news was truly an intellectual act; social, cultural, political, and societal realities appeared on television screens, in oral and written press, in an organized, comprehensive, and mostly objective manner, with ethical standards that rarely hurt…
Caught in the System: Bolivia’s Judicial Predicament | Atrapado en el Sistema: La Problemática Judicial en Bolivia
By Luz Mendoza, Eju.tv: Summary Procedure: Innocents Forced to Accept Guilt to Stop Judicial Predation It often happens that due to the “evident miseries” of Bolivia’s penal system, after a series of unsuccessful attempts by the accused to prove their innocence —which they are not obligated to do—, faced with the system’s indifference and usually while…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 