Los Tiempos: CEPB suggests reforms in 7 areas to get out of the crisis The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) has proposed to the government of President Luis Arce Catacora to apply structural reforms in seven fiscal areas to overcome the economic crisis with sustainability and projection into the next decade. The first…
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No más – evo – No more
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: We want new people It may be the first time that the whole country, everybody, coincide with some masistas. Those who yelled at the coca grower Morales, in his face, “We want new people” were telling him that they don’t want him. Neither him nor his entourage. Courage is needed to…
Subempleo – Underemployment
Pagina Siete: The underemployment shoots up to 17% and affects 597 thousand people in the country People who are underemployed do not contribute to the AFPs, do not have a permanent job with a contract and do not receive social benefits. Until the third quarter, the unemployment rate reached 10.76%, according to the INE. La…
Doblando el gasto – Doubling the expense
Pagina Siete: Evo and his inopportune cabinet Former President Evo Morales cannot live without power and that is why he pretends to be a parallel president, to the point that he called a meeting of his former cabinet of ministers and vice ministers, an instance that will not be dissolved and that will be in…
Coexistiendo – Coexisting
Inadvisable opposition or government violence In the country there were always exalted political groups, dedicated to creating an atmosphere of intolerance and unrest. These groups indistinctly arise from the ruling party and the opposition. The election of the directors of the Santa Cruz parliamentary caucus was the cause of a brawl between the Union Juvenil…
Destino incierto – Uncertain fate
Renzo Abruzzese, Página Siete: Our future destiny The departure of Evo Morales was ultimately due to a general popular uprising, in which the emergence of the middle classes was followed by all sectors of Bolivian society. This was not a time when disgust with the MAS authoritarian style had reached its highest level; in reality,…
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