Editorial, El Dia: Incurable? Businesspeople can complain all they want, but the Bolivian economic crisis seems incurable. Luis Arce resists applying the recipes or suggestions offered to him and, even more so, refuses to resort to the necessary adjustments to avoid disaster. In 1985, with an annual inflation rate of 20,000%, the situation was radically…
Category: Economics
June 27: Indefinite Strike and Blockade | Paro y bloqueo indefinido
El Dia: Heavy Transport Sector Announces Indefinite Strike and Blockade from June 27, Demands Minister Montaño’s Resignation The heavy transport sector has given the Government until June 26 to address their demands, which include resolving the shortage of dollars and ensuring a stable supply of fuel. The national assembly of the heavy transport sector, held…
Remittances surpass foreign direct investment | Remesas superan a la inversión extranjera directa
Por Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: Bolivians send more money from abroad In Bolivia, remittances surpass foreign direct investment Last year, net foreign investment reached $294 million, while remittances in 2023 totaled $1.4364 billion. By March of this year, remittances amounted to $334.9 million. Bolivians abroad send more remittances to Bolivia. Photo: ABI. In recent…
The Disarray | El desbarajuste
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: The government has been claiming that a “soft coup” is underway to end its administration and that it has sufficient evidence to support this claim. We don’t know if the president and his cabinet are confusing the terms and instead of a “soft coup,” what they see is the gradual…
Zero Budget Transparency | Cero transparencia presupuestaria
Brujula Digital: “Failed in Budget Transparency”: These Are the Five Documents That People Did Not Have Access To Recently, it was revealed that Bolivia scored 11 out of 100 in budget transparency for the year 2023, according to the Open Budget Survey, an international assessment placing the country second-to-last in South America, just above Venezuela….
The Popular Discourse | El discurso popular
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Throughout the 20th century, the national left considered that all the nation’s ills were associated with class interests. Given that the vast majority of the people experienced chronic poverty as a result of the existence of an anti-national oligarchy, the universal reference point ended up being the people. Everything that…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 