Mary Ortiz, AFP, EFE, Clarin, NewsRebeat: Change of direction in Bolivia: in the absence of dollars, exports of agricultural products are released Bolivia’s center-left government has made a change to its economic policy and agreed on Monday with entrepreneurs to free up agricultural exports, to cope a serious shortage of dollars. Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro made…
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Will MAS be divided? | ¿Se dividirá el MAS?
Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: For many, the dispute between the two factions of MAS is more apparent than real, although there is no doubt that the contradictions and confrontations between both factions have progressed and have reached levels that would clearly establish that, between Evo Morales and Luis Arce Catacora, there are very few divergent…
Ideas? No, thank you | ¿Ideas? No, gracias
Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, El Diario: With a furrowed brow and the attitude of a jealous public servant, the Government announced that it has managed to identify and arrest an individual who was selling gasoline at Bs 10 per liter. Meanwhile, the populace, distressed by the situation, has launched into a veritable brainstorming session, rightly assuming…
Dollar shortage: a time bomb | Escasez de dólares: una bomba de tiempo
Editorial, El Deber: An old saying says that “There is no deadline that is not met nor debt that is not paid”, and it can well be applied to the Bolivian reality. The fall in gas exports, restrictions on the sale of agricultural products, the reduction to zero of foreign investment and the increase in…
Drug trafficking and attack on press freedom | Narcotráfico y agresión a la libertad de prensa
Rodolfo Huallpa, Brujula Digital: In Yapacaní, a journalist is expelled from the Municipal Council for asking about a drug trafficking case Councilors Reynaldo Hurtado and Rigoberto Blanco at the time they rebuke the journalist. Photo: screenshot. Journalist Marcelino Rodríguez, director of radio Omega in the municipality of Yapacaní, was stigmatized and prevented from accessing information…
evo: inopportune and clumsy road blockade – bloqueo inoportuno y torpe
Editorial, El Diario: Evo Morales and the luck of the boomerang The boomerang is a special small wooden weapon, which is thrown by hand and after hitting the enemy it returns to the hands of the person who threw it. Like that type of weapon of an Australian population, it was the road blockade that…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 