By El Diario, Melvy Ruiz, Eju.tv: The government, out of money, can no longer suppress the rise in product prices Product prices have increased by 7.26% up to October, and the population feels a 50% loss in the purchasing power of the national currency. Bolivia never had low inflation but rather suppressed it through a…
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Accumulated trade deficit is 429% higher than in 2023 | Déficit comercial acumulado es 429% mayor que en 2023
By El Dia: As of September, Bolivia’s accumulated trade deficit is 429% higher than in 2023 “The accumulated trade balance from January to September 2024 was ‘negative’ (-$329 million USD), 429% larger than during the same period in 2023 (-$62.2 million USD),” stated Luis Fernando Romero, president of the Departmental College of Economists of Tarija….
Evo Morales loses power within MAS | Evo Morales se quedó sin poder dentro del MAS
By Juan Carlos Véliz, EJu.tv; Evo Morales loses power within the party, political analysts agree A ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal recognizes the MAS congress aligned with Arce, which elected Grover García as party president, replacing Evo Morales. Former President Evo Morales has lost not only the party leadership and candidacy for the 2025 general…
Arce’s absent ‘leadership’ | ‘Liderazgo’ ausente en luchin
Editorial, El Dia: Very aloof Luis Arce appears very comfortable, almost aloof. He doesn’t even mention the catastrophic crisis in the country. It seems he doesn’t notice the long lines to get fuel. Perhaps he considers it normal. No one knows. He waited more than 20 days to react to the blockades by the coca-grower…
The Limit of Immorality | evo | El límite de la inmoralidad
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: It seems that Evo Morales has reached the threshold of immorality, and his crimes should now be judged. We say this cautiously, in the realm of possibility, because given the way Bolivian justice operates and the political entanglements within public administration, his crimes could still go unpunished. Analyzing it abstractly,…
The Loss of Our Dignity | La pérdida de nuestra dignidad
By Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: We lack gasoline, diesel, dollars, medicine, meat, and rice. Inflation runs rampant (nobody trusts the INE). We can’t travel on roads, and the maze of taxes and regulations crushes private enterprise, condemning us to informality. We live blocked, helplessly watching as political power fills the news with scandals while lining…
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