By El Diario: Two Decades of MAS Rule Poverty and unmet basic needs are rising in Bolivia as a result of erroneous policies implemented by the Movement for Socialism (MAS), which claims to have improved quality of life. However, 2024 Census data show a setback, according to economists. Despite economic growth, Bolivia has not managed…
Month: August 2025
From Economic Collapse to the Runoff: Can Bolivia Rebuild Now? | Del desastre económico a la segunda vuelta: ¿podemos reconstruir Bolivia ahora?
By Bolivian Thoughts: The Dollar as a Thermometer of Collapse Bolivia heads into the October runoff on the edge of the abyss. The MAS, with its populist and arbitrary model, provoked a debacle that is brutally clear in the parallel dollar market: from the official Bs 6.96 it shot up in days to more than…
Growing criticism of the Paz–Lara ticket, warning of instability due to contradictions and demagoguery | Crece la crítica al binomio Paz–Lara y advierten riesgo de inestabilidad por contradicciones y demagogia
By Erbol: PDC SPOKESMAN CALLS FOR REFLECTION FROM LARA A duo that’s sparking controversy in political circles. Photo/taken from the internet The presidential ticket of Rodrigo Paz and Edman Lara is stirring controversy in political circles, with various actors warning that it poses a risk of instability for the country due to internal contradictions and…
The Parable of the Evil Harvester | La parábola del mal Cosechador
By Francesco Zaratti: The Harvester went out to harvest a large field that he had inherited without having sown or tended it. The countryside produced crops of all kinds for twenty years, which its loyal “modeler”, the Cashier, sold to the bordering villages at exceptional prices, thanks to the good links that the previous owner…
BATTLE FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR TUTO | BATALLA DE TODOS, NO SOLO DE TUTO
By Oscar Antezana: A transcendental step took place in Bolivia with the elections on August 17. We’ll see if democracy truly returns once the new president takes office and exercises the rule of law. I seriously doubt that PDC would govern; on the contrary, LIBRE would. Unfortunately, the left is once again one step away…
Government Leaves the Country in Crisis with a Dollar “Corralito” | Gobierno deja en crisis al país con corralito en dólares
By El Diario: Economic Analysts The current administration is leaving behind a dollar “corralito (withdrawal restrictions),” and the new administration taking office in November will have to reverse this situation, said Fernando Romero, president of the Departmental College of Economists of Tarija, in his assessment of the drop in the parallel market dollar rate. Meanwhile,…
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