Humberto Vacaflor, EL Diario: First week of MAS-II In its first week of operation, the MAS-II government has shown some new trends alongside old instincts. -It is the first week of 2020 in which no cocaine is seized or drug factories are discovered. The managers would likely have been very busy these days. The managers…
Category: Economics
¿Quien gobierna? – Who rules?
Jimena Costa, Pagina Siete: Internal petty war Many times, before the 2019 campaign, and certainly long before the pandemic, I heard people say that the worst thing that could happen to the opposition was to be a government. Economic crisis, fiscal deficit, tremendous external debt, accelerated decline in International Reserves, state-owned and rentier society, minimal…
¿De verdad? – Really?
El Dia: The Ministry of Economy National currency, they rule out a devaluation Work. Also from the early hours of yesterday Friday, the new ministerial cabinet met to analyze the measures to get out of the economic crisis. El Ministerio de Economía Moneda nacional, descartan una devaluación Trabajo. Asimismo desde tempranas horas de ayer viernes,…
Lo mismo – The same
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Starting errors You could say that President Luis Arce has started by doing what all rookie presidents should do: criticize his predecessor. Only the Popes do not criticize their predecessors, because of the risk that the domino effect reaches the Holy Spirit, or even higher. He began by blaming the economic…
The world needs lithium. Can Bolivia’s new president deliver it?
TAKING THE LI OUT OF BOLIVIA Maddie Stone, Grist: Last year, when former Bolivian president Evo Morales was forced to resign, it was unclear whether the socialist leader’s dream of transforming his country into a powerhouse lithium producer would survive. Last month, the world got its answer when Bolivians overwhelmingly voted to elect Luis Arce, the candidate representing the…
Democracia amarga – Bitter democracy
Agustín Echalar, Página Siete: From the moment that Mrs. Añez assumed the interim presidency of Bolivia, I thought that all the disorder resulting from the abuse of power by Evo Morales would have an end on the day that, after new elections, a legitimately elected president assumed power, in a fair managed by an honorable…
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