By El Deber: Arrest of Luis Marcelo Arce, son of the former president, for money laundering Officers of the Bolivian Police arrested Luis Marcelo Arce Mosqueira this Wednesday in the Equipetrol area, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as part of an investigation into the alleged crime of money laundering. The arrest was carried out…
Category: Politics
Digital attacks surge against women candidates | Aumentan ataques digitales contra candidatas
By Freddy Lacio, El Deber: Detected 665 harassment posts targeting 17 female candidates A report by the Gender Observatory of the Coordinadora de la Mujer warns that digital political violence against women not only persists, but is intensifying. A total of 665 posts containing harassment and digital political violence were directed at 17 candidates participating…
Three Resignations Raise Questions | Tres renuncias generan preguntas
By Germaine Barriga Velarde, Vision 360: In four months and seven days of the government of Rodrigo Paz, three female authorities have resigned from their positions. Margot Ayala, former director of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), resigned amid the conflict caused by poor-quality gasoline; Andrea Barrientos, former Vice Minister of Autonomies, stepped down due to…
Marset’s Fall May Expose Power Networks | La caída de Marset puede destapar redes de poder
By Alberto De Oliva, El Dia: Marset fell… and now the real problem begins The president spoke of a “turning point.” And he is probably right. Because the capture of Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset is not simply the fall of another fugitive. It is the fall of a man who, for years, symbolized something…
Urgent Deal to Avoid Crisis | Acuerdo urgente para evitar crisis
By Erbol: URGENT NEED FOR A POLITICAL AGREEMENT Experts warn that difficult months are coming in economic and energy terms Panel of Hagamos Democracia this Sunday. Photo/screenshot Two specialists in economics and energy warned this Sunday that Bolivia could face complex months in economic and energy matters due to the shortage of foreign currency and the lack…
Dollar Pressure on Bolivia | Presión del dólar en Bolivia
By El Diario, Eju.tv: The Modification of the Exchange Rate, a Not-So-Easy Task The price of the dollar in the national market shows volatility, especially in the parallel market, due to problems in the oil price market. Although the President of the State proposed during his campaign the implementation of a price band to eliminate…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 