Editorial, El Dia: Bolivia is paying the price for having chosen an ambiguous, anesthetizing and relativistic discourse in the face of an economic reality that demanded sincerity, firmness and structural decisions from day one. Rodrigo Paz came to power by building an intermediate narrative. He was not the open continuation of masismo, but neither was…
Category: Economics
Bolivia: No Puede Gobernarse Mediante la Política del Asedio | Cannot Govern Itself Through Siege Politics
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Constitución boliviana no establece un “veto callejero” sobre gobiernos elegidos democráticamente. Establece una república democrática regida por elecciones, sucesión constitucional, separación de poderes y procedimientos institucionales. Esa diferencia importa hoy, cuando sectores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y organizaciones aliadas llaman abiertamente a la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz apenas…
Vendors Warn They’ll Clear Blockades | Gremiales advierten que desbloquearán
By ANF, Eju.tv: Union Leader Says Era of “Social Organizations” Is Over and Warns They May Move to Clear Roadblocks “It is now the time of productive organizations,” said César Gonzáles, who argued that the era of the so-called social organizations ended after the MAS party’s 20 years in power. There is growing anger among…
Resilience Despite Seditious Blockades | Resiliencia pese a bloqueos sediciosos
By Carlos Corz, Vision 360: Faced with the road blockades, the Government asks those affected for resilience and assures that it will not allow a breakdown of the constitutional order The government of President Rodrigo Paz assured that the radical demonstrators are seeking police intervention in order to generate greater violence. Red ponchos at one of the…
New Land Deal | Nuevo pacto agrario
By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: After Meeting with the Government, Agricultural Sector Accepts Repeal of Law 1720 and Announces a New Regulation Leaders of Confeagro stated that the sector will not renounce its demands or legal certainty, while contemplating a new regulation within 60 days. [Watch video] / Klaus Frerking, top executive of the National Agricultural…
Sedition Pressure Returns With the Blockades | Vuelven los bloqueos y la presión sediciosa
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Blockades Grow as Bolivia’s Government Hesitates Bolivia is once again being dragged into the politics of permanent blockades. Highways are closing, strikes are being threatened and organized groups are increasing pressure across multiple regions while the government of Rodrigo Paz responds with extreme caution, projecting a dangerous image of state weakness. The…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 