By Unitel: Merchants report that due to rising ingredient costs, sales have dropped in recent days [Photo RRSS] / The making of tantawawas The increase in the prices of ingredients used to make bread and pastries for the All Saints’ Day celebration is worrying vendors and families alike. On Antonio Gallardo Street, sellers report higher costs…
Month: October 2025
Racism Unmasked After the Runoff | Racismo sin máscara tras el balotaje
By Romina Saavedra, Opinion: DEBATE BETWEEN THE PLURINATIONAL AND THE REPUBLICAN The fall of Tuto and the hangover of hatred: without the ‘Masista’ on stage, racism makes a feast After the runoff election, social media was flooded with messages against Indigenous people, peasants, and the left. Sociologist Luciana Jáuregui explains that a battle has opened…
Clear rules now | Reglas claras ya
By Erbol: Business leaders demand clear regulations and legal security to reactivate the productive sector Meeting of industrialists with president-elect Rodrigo Paz in Santa Cruz. The president of the National Chamber of Industries (CNI), Gonzalo Morales, and the first vice president, José Eduardo Iriarte, took part in the First National Meeting with the Business and…
Bolivia: Calls the world from Santa Cruz | Convoca al mundo desde Santa Cruz
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: President-elect announces international business summit in Santa Cruz ahead of taking office Rodrigo Paz announced the business summit for November 7 in Santa Cruz / Photo: Fuad Landívar “We will hold this summit on November 7 to begin a change — a change in the destiny of the nation, an…
Bolivia: Requires US$6 billion to confront the crisis | Requiere $us 6.000 millones para encarar crisis
By El Diario: According to Jubileo Foundation analyst Given the grave crisis Bolivia faces, estimates from Jubileo Foundation economic analyst René Martínez indicate that at least 6 billion dollars per year are required for fuel imports, debt payments, the return of foreign currency to the financial system, as well as to undertake an exchange-rate policy…
In Exchange for Nothing | A cambio de nada
By Oscar Antezana, El Dia: This is the third time I’ve rewritten the text of this article. The first version I wrote before October 18, thinking that Tuto Quiroga was going to win the presidential election. The title of that article was “Letter to Hope.” Then, with Rodrigo Paz’s victory, I changed the text and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 