By El Diario: Business Leaders Ask the Government to Respect Their Rights, Avoid Closures and Layoffs Private business leaders warned about the negative effects of raising the National Minimum Wage (SMN) to Bs 3,300 and demanded that the government respect their rights by adopting mitigation measures to avoid mass closures and layoffs. The president of…
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Alasita of the Bicentennial: Miniatures That Sustain Hope | Alasita del Bicentenario: miniaturas que sostienen la esperanza
By Ramiro Sánchez, Eju.tv: Every January 24, when the clock strikes noon and the bells ring in La Paz, thousands of people gather around the Alasita Fair to do something that, at first glance, might seem like a child’s game: buying miniature objects. Yet behind those tiny houses, banknotes, vehicles, professional degrees, or passports, one…
Tarija Opens to the World of Wine | Tarija abre sus puertas al mundo del vino
By David Maygua, El Deber: “Let the flavor of our grapes cross borders”: Tarija to host Vinoamérica 2026 Reference image | Photo: Industria Made Tarija The international event seeks to position Bolivia’s wine sector in the regional and global market. Oenologists, sommeliers, and investors from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru will take part in Vinoamérica…
Those Who Didn’t Sign the Act | Las que no firmaron el acta
By Evelyn Callapino, Vision 360: “Those Who Didn’t Sign the Act: Women of Potosí in the Independence of Bolivia” Recovering from the archives the women of Potosí who did not sign the act is not an exercise in nostalgia, but an act of historical reparation. To look at those silences is also to look at…
Land Seizures Threaten Rule of Law | Avasallamientos ponen en riesgo el Estado de Derecho
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: CAO demands a technical, “non-political” INRA to guarantee legal certainty The president of the CAO entering the meeting with the Government The president of the Eastern Agricultural Chamber warned that land seizures are the result of land trafficking, not social conflicts, and called on the Government to apply the law…
Republic or Plurinational State? | ¿República o Estado Plurinacional?
By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: An Aymara Look at the False Dilemma State failure does not begin with the Republic, but it becomes consolidated with the Plurinational State. The Republic, despite its structural limits, sought to build a nation-state, a common citizenship, and a shared political identity. Its horizon was imperfect, but modern: legal equality, sovereignty,…
