By René Martínez / Fundación Jubileo, Erbol: Economic indicators show a very complicated outlook, the result of a crisis that began to take shape more than a decade ago. Solutions will not be immediate, and the population must be prepared to endure tough adjustment measures that will help stabilize the economy while seeking to reduce the…
Category: Bolivia
García Linera, Andrónico and the Renewal in the Chapare | García Linera, Andrónico y la renovación en el Chapare
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: Twenty years ago, several sectors of the country’s middle class looked very favorably on Álvaro García Linera. They said he was a young man who represented the renewal of politics, a man full of ideas. NGO officials were in love with him, as were many international aid workers, especially…
When Gold Is Worth More Than Life: The Criminal Spiral of Illegal Mining in Bolivia | Cuando el oro vale más que la vida: la espiral criminal de la minería ilegal en Bolivia
By ANA Bolivia: “No effective control halts the flow of the mineral that enriches mafia networks while displacing communities, corrupting authorities, and replacing state power with de facto structures,” says Jaime Cuellar. La Paz, May 11 (ANA).- Bolivia is on the verge of a silent territorial takeover, fueled not only by illegal gold but by…
THE THREE MUSKETEERS OF BOLIVIA | LOS TRES MOSQUETEROS DE BOLIVIA
By Oscar Antezana: There is great concern among the majority of citizens that MAS might be re-elected. Andrónico could win the next elections, the other two unnamable ones could unite and support him, or fraud could once again be carried out. From my perspective, there are three opposition candidates – Tuto, Samuel, and Jaime (Dunn)…
From the “Dunn bloc” and Chi’s farewell, to the “fusion or legal trick” plan | Del “bloque Dunn” y el adiós de Chi, al plan “fusión o chicana”
By Miguel V. de Torres, El Pais: Political Chronicle of the Week While the opposition takes irreversible positions, in the popular bloc the possibility of Andrónico’s sole candidacy remains open, but so does a legal purge that would leave only Arce’s MAS standing. A week of many definitions comes to a close, paving the way…
History Doesn’t Repeat Itself | La historia no se repite
By Sayuri Loza, Brujula Digital: A few days ago, in light of the Bicentennial, I was invited to give talks about what Bolivia was like at its birth… we were born more or less as we are now, with our main product—silver—in marked decline, a phenomenon that had already been felt since the mid-18th century….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 