By Erbol: Zombie Companies and the ‘Industrialization Scam’ Wasted US$2.595 Billion Lupo presented the figures of the “waste.” The government presented on Monday the figures of what it called the “great waste” and “corruption” of MAS governments in initiatives such as the creation of state-owned companies that ended up bankrupt, becoming “zombies,” and the “scam”…
Category: Economics
Urban Mestizaje Emerges | Emerge el mestizaje urbano
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Bolivia, the unfolding of multiple mestizajes When analyzing the first round of the national elections of August 2025, we observe that the legitimacy of the Plurinational State founded by the MAS in the 2009 Constitution has collapsed; it may continue to exist in the wording of that Constitution, but it…
Debt repayment and consumption: the priorities of the 2025 year-end bonus | Pago de deudas y consumo: las prioridades del aguinaldo 2025
By Noelia Rendon, El Deber: About Bs 5 billion will enter the domestic market as part of the year-end benefit. The intelligent use of these resources is the recommendation of analysts, who urge caution and saving. In a survey carried out at different points around the city, various families shared their plans for how they…
Indigenous Fund: it was not just looting… | Fondo indígena: no sólo fue saqueo…
Editorial, El Dia: The Indigenous Fund was not only a multimillion-dollar embezzlement; it was the most brutal demonstration of how a political apparatus can turn justice into a weapon for the destruction of human lives. The Fondioc case should not be remembered merely as the theft of a large sum from the poorest; it must be placed, without euphemisms, in the category of a flagrant violation of human…
Son of Marco Aramayo reveals that his father was offered two million dollars to plead guilty | Hijo de Marco Aramayo revela que le ofrecieron dos millones de dólares a su padre para que se declare culpable
By Visión 360: Corruption His lawyer stated that the former director of the Indigenous Fund repeatedly refused to submit to a plea bargain for a crime he did not commit. Marco Antonio Aramayo in an archive photo. Marco Aramayo, son of Marco Antonio Aramayo Caballero, former director of the Indigenous Fund, who denounced corruption in…
Resolver la Crisis o Enfrentar la Caída | Solve the Crisis or Face the Fall
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: Bolivia al Límite: A Bolivia se le acaba el tiempo. Las distorsiones económicas de los últimos quince años han creado una tormenta perfecta: escasez de combustible, un mercado del dólar asfixiado, reservas colapsando y creciente tensión social. No es una crisis accidental; es el resultado previsible del intervencionismo, las instituciones politizadas y…
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