By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Amid the crisis, many families have been forced to adjust their budgets due to rising food prices. /Photo: JC Torrejón Inflation has surpassed 16.9% so far this year, the fiscal deficit is over 10% of GDP, and the parallel dollar exchange rate is far above the official one. The next…
Category: Economics
Paz surprises and will face Quiroga for the presidency | Paz sorprende y definirá presidencia con Quiroga
By El Diario: In a historic runoff After election day and once the results of the quick count commissioned by television networks, along with the Preliminary Results Transmission System of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), were revealed—granting a surprising victory to the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Rodrigo Paz, followed by Jorge Quiroga…
What Were We Thinking 20 Years Ago | En qué pensábamos hace 20 años
Editorial, El Día: We are what we think, and in Bolivia we have spent too many years trapped in a comfortable but false narrative. A narrative that, for decades, convinced us that being on the left meant being on the right side of history; that the State had to be big, generous, and omnipresent; that…
‘Nunca más’: indígenas bolivianos se desencantan del socialismo | ‘Never again’: Indigenous Bolivians sour on socialism
Por AFP, France 24: El Alto (Bolivia) (AFP) – Un gigantesco crucero domina el horizonte de la ciudad de El Alto, en la Bolivia sin litoral, símbolo de la transformación de un bastión indígena que será escenario de una dura disputa en las elecciones presidenciales del domingo. El “Titanic”, como se conoce al edificio más…
Dollars, TikTok, and “digital gurus”: the other side of Bolivia’s dollar crisis | Dólares, TikTok y “gurús” digitales: la otra cara de la crisis del dólar en Bolivia
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber; Eju.tv: The widespread crisis caused by the shortage of U.S. dollars in Bolivia has given rise to a generation of young social media figures offering financial advice. But can they be trusted? The number of people earning money on social media is growing, driven by the shortage of U.S. dollars…
Fuel shortages persist | Persiste la escasez de combustibles
Editorial, El Diario: Amid the current fuel shortage in the country, which has been gradually worsening, the current government has only produced debatable arguments and accusations to shift blame onto others. It was said that road blockades organized some time ago by followers of “evismo,” particularly in Cochabamba, worsened the situation; or that external factors,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 