By Brujula Digital: Jubileo: Civil society proposes 16 urgent topics for the 2025 electoral agenda The Jubileo Foundation organized citizens’ priorities on social, economic, environmental, and political issues and presented them to political organizations ahead of the General Elections. Multidimensional poverty, educational inequality, dependency on extractivism, and political polarization are among the 16 key topics…
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SOCIALISM THEN AND NOW, HERE AND THERE | EL SOCIALISMO ANTES Y AHORA, AQUÍ Y ALLÁ
By Oscar Antezana Malpartida Would Lenin have approved of the IMF? A simplistic answer to the question is: No. The International Monetary Fund’s purpose is to preserve the international financial system and, for that, national economies’ finances must also remain in a certain balance. In that sense, any socialist should disapprove of the IMF. But…
Mientras el gran modelo económico estatal de Bolivia se desmorona lentamente, crece el temor a una ‘crisis total’ | As Bolivia’s big state economic model slowly implodes, fear of ‘total crisis’
Por Monica Machicao, Reuters: Un hombre carga una bolsa de fideos en un mercado, en La Paz, Bolivia, el 13 de diciembre de 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Morales Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab LA PAZ, Dec 16 (Reuters) – La ama de casa Yola Chura se mostró preocupada por los altos precios de los alimentos mientras hacía compras en…
Animals for Sale | Animales en venta
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The recent rescue of wildlife being sold at La Pampa market in Cochabamba once again highlights the lack of control exercised by environmental and zoonosis authorities over the trade of exotic species. The operation resulted in the rescue of 14 wild birds. Among them were three parakeets (Brotogeris spp), four monk parakeets…
“Mis Cuentas,” the app that simplifies bill payments in Bolivia | Mis Cuentas, la app que simplifica el pago de servicios en Bolivia
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: One of the most notable features of this tool is the Payment Cart The application, available for Android and iOS systems, was created by the Bolivian developer Síntesis with the aim of facilitating bill payments. An electricity bill, a payment that can be made through the application. PHOTO: From La…
Probable imminent collapse of air connectivity | Probable colapso inminente de la conectividad aérea
By Daniel Salazar Castellanos, Bloomberg Linea; Eju.tv: Bolivia could face an “imminent collapse of air connectivity”; understand why Amid the dollar shortage Bolivia has been facing for months, the Andean country faces other significant challenges, such as the high cost of fuel (US$3.75 per gallon) and “the lack of adequate bilateral agreements,” according to ALTA…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 