By Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Día: The current chaos unleashed by the MAS (Evo supported by Andrónico and Arce as passive accomplice) is shedding light on a possible future after August 17. We could return to the present if the opposition does not unite and voters do not become aware of the power of their…
Category: Economics
Incredulity, Fear, Indifference | Incredulidad, miedo, indiferencia
By Renzo Abruzzese, Brújula Digital: The palpable social anxiety over the shortage of dollars contrasts sharply with the government’s discourse that boasts of economic stability and a glorious future. Its main component, the dollar, has become less a means of exchange and more a fetish. It is a painful symbol of the lost normalcy, one…
Harvard and Bolivia, the Commutative Property | Harvard y Bolivia, la propiedad conmutativa
By Amparo Ballivián, Brújula Digital: In 1984, Bolivian business leaders designed a structural adjustment plan (the basis of Supreme Decree 21060) and validated it with Jeffrey Sachs. Today, Harvard (Ricardo Hausmann) is proposing similar solutions for the current crisis, ratified by 90 Bolivians. The formula is classic: reduce the deficit, liberalize markets, and align prices…
Onions, meat, and soft drinks drive inflation in Bolivia | La cebolla, carne y gaseosas disparan la inflación en Bolivia
By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Price Hike Eating is becoming increasingly expensive in Bolivia The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose significantly in May due to the higher cost of basic products like onions, chicken meat, and soft drinks. Accumulated inflation over five months is already nearing 10%. In May, Bolivia recorded a monthly inflation…
Elections or Coup d’État | Elecciones o golpe de Estado
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: In 2003, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was forced to resign. The social mobilizations were not innocent; they wanted to oust him from power. El Mallku explicitly said they had rebelled and that government personnel were ambushed in Warisata to overthrow the government. The mobilizations in El Alto were not…
40 Years Later: Harvard and Bolivia’s Cyclical Crises | A 40 años de distancia, Harvard y las cíclicas crisis bolivianas
By Raúl Peñaranda, Brujula Digital; Harvard returns to the center of Bolivia’s economic debate, 40 years after Sachs’ historic plan. Today, economist Hausmann leads a new analysis to confront the crisis. As in 1985, the university offers ideas, but decisions rest in Bolivian hands. Marcelo Claure addresses the audience at Harvard. Behind him stands Professor…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 