By El Dia: The Red Ponchos lashed people with their whips, while onlookers shouted “abusive.” They excused the acts of violence by saying, “you provoke us.” Photo: Urgente The Red Ponchos assaulted passersby with “whippings” after they criticized the “Bolivia Is Not for Sale” march rejecting Supreme Decree 5503. The incident occurred Monday morning on…
Category: Politics
Schools Without Phones | Escuelas sin celulares
By Erbol: Cell Phones Banned in Classrooms and Promotion Ceremonies for Preschool and Primary Education Education authorities provided the information. With an eye toward the 2026 school year, the Ministry of Education has ordered the prohibition of cell phones in classrooms and promotion ceremonies at the Preschool and Primary levels, allowing only those at the…
Low Productivity Traps Bolivia | Bolivia atrapada en la baja productividad
By El Diario: Bolivia continues to rank among the least productive and competitive economies in Latin America, a situation that helps explain its weak economic growth, shortage of formal jobs, and limited improvement in household incomes. This lag is neither recent nor temporary, but the result of structural problems that have accumulated over time and…
Prosecutor’s Office Admits Complaint Against Evo | La Fiscalía admite denuncia contra Evo
By Carlos Quisbert, El Deber: Prosecutor’s Office Admits Complaint Against Evo and 11 Accomplices for Trafficking of Noemí in 2015 Former Sepdavi director Marcelo Alcázar pointed to the former manager of BoA, a current official of the Foreign Ministry, and another from Mi Teleférico as part of a “criminal organization” that, between 2015 and 2020,…
Brief Yearbook of the Energy Sector | Balance anual del sector energético boliviano
By Francesco Zaratti: The analysis of Bolivia’s energy sector in 2025 distinguishes two periods, with the government change as the dividing line: (1) from January to October, and (2) November and December. Before Supreme Decree (DS) 5503, we suffered from the fuel supply crisis and the effects of the erratic policy applied over the last…
Putting the House in Order | La casa en orden
By El Diario: For the country to start moving forward after the two infamous decades of MAS rule, the house must be put in order, President Rodrigo Paz repeats in the early hours of 2026. The goblins must be expelled, the ghosts, everything left behind by the party of the cocalero Morales after taking everything…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 