Maggy Talavera writes in El Deber: Uncontrolled by a Remote Control Must see the reaction it caused in the Government the publication Remote Control, the book in which Raul Penaranda confirms buying media by people close to the leadership of the MAS, operating as parastatal media. That is, act as governmental, but are private and not…
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Current Bolivian ochlocracy wrongdoings will affect its voting results
Carlos Cordero writes in El Deber: The electoral defeat of MAS President Evo Morales has set himself and his staff the challenge of achieving 74% of the valid votes in the elections of October 2014. This means an increase of ten percentage points from the high vote obtained in 2009 (64.2%), including the votes of…
How current Bolivian gov defines, implements public policy
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Public policy: whims and caprices If the President wishes an expensive plane, which seems to undermine his austerity spiel, the government decides to buy it so that he can travel with the comfort of Manchester United, with foreign crew and wasteful expenditure, which passes to the State’s account. And…
Bolivian mining conundrum…
Ivan Arias writes in Pagina Siete: Cooperatives: stop lying The mining conflict has evidenced once again (as it did with the issue of TIPNIS), the contradiction between the principles of the Constitution of the State (CPE) and real life. In this case, while we have a statist CPE and, supposedly, oriented to socialism, it collides…
A proof that Bolivia is not properly calculating its inflation: was it on purpose or…?
Hilton Heredia reports for El Deber: The INE will amend the Consumer Price Index in 2015 They will include new food, technology and transport products in the cost structure. A former president of the BCB noted different behaviors in each of the regions. The National Statistics Institute (INE) enlists a survey of personal and household…
Bolivian Railroads 101
Juan Carlos Zuleta writes in La Prensa: RAILWAY, PAST AND PRESENT For the geographical, topographical and population density characteristics of our country; the railway transport sector has become extremely important as a means of enabling the movement of people and exchange of goods, it “allowed” an effective integration of the country. This was prior to…
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