Editorial, El Diario: Foreign loans without legislative approval A lot of time goes by in which the Legislature stops foreign credits only due to the decision of a parliamentary majority composed of masista members willing to boycott all government action with a view to the purchase of equipment, implements, supplies and medicines to combat the…
Category: Economics
Incertidumbre – Uncertainty
Editorial, El Deber: The uncertain future of Bolivians Five months and six days have passed since the quarantine was ordered, since the economy stopped and since life changed for Bolivians. Since then there have been many bad news that we have had to face, all related to poverty, lack of employment, poor health, with nuances…
Nueva política económica -New economic policy
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The new economic policy Siglo 21 says that the new economic policy for the country must be made starting from scratch, because to the disaster left by the MAS we must add the freeze imposed by the Chinese virus. The work of destruction that the party of cocalero Morales did would…
The Bolivia that is not grasped – La Bolivia que no se entiende
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: The Bolivia that is not grasped While Oscar Urenda and Roberto Torres, as well as many other heroic doctors and nurses, fell trying to save suffering victims of the Chinese plague, other characters, although it seems fanciful, called people to take to the streets to demonstrate against the Government….
Dear Bernie, dear Harvard boys
Juan Antonio Morales writes in Pagina Siete: It’s hard to get mad at Senator Bernie Sanders, with his somewhat eccentric uncle figure. Unfortunately, they have abused his nobility, as the Chapulín Colorado would say, by having him sign a letter, along with some of his co-religionists, referring to a country he does not know. Crazy…
Bolivia: A pivotal moment for Populism and the pandemic response
Evan Ellis reports for The Global Americans: The landlocked South American nation of Bolivia does not often receive much attention from Washington. But as the region struggles with the health, economic, security, and political impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the possible return of leftist populism in Bolivia–and its implications for the region—has raised alarms. On…
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