By Los Tiempos: The new president of the State must seek alliances in the Congress The candidates are obliged to debate in the second round. | Wilson Cahuaya/Los Tiempos How will the new Government face governance? just as defined by political scientists: “the capacity of the political system to make collective decisions, implement them effectively,…
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Dollar Shortage, a Very Important Issue | Escasez de dólares, cuestión muy importante
Editorial, El Diario: It is a truism that the country is running short of dollars, at a time when the populist stage is ending and a new government is expected to face this problem, one of the most serious today. During the years of “evista” misrule, the country received a considerable amount of foreign currency,…
TUTO AND THE RURAL SECTOR | TUTO Y EL SECTOR RURAL
By Oscar Antezana: Tuto has great possibilities of being the next president of Bolivia, unless there is fraud. His political courage, his technical capacity, and his knowledge about the economic, social, and institutional reality is superior to that of the other ticket. This will be confirmed in the debates, if Paz and Lara do not…
Another time bomb left to us by the MAS | Otra bomba de tiempo que nos deja el masismo
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Álvaro Ríos warns: “The LPG shortage will be a social time bomb for the next government” Lines of people searching for gas/Photo: Ricardo Montero The former Hydrocarbons Minister warned that Bolivia’s gas cylinder crisis will directly affect millions of families. In Santa Cruz, seven out of ten households still depend…
Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Only Viable Municipality | Único municipio viable
By El Diario: A municipality out of 343 meets six viability criteria According to a study by Fundación Jubileo, to define the viability of a municipality it must meet at least six criteria. After investigating 343 municipalities, it was verified that only one complies with all these parameters, while in contrast, 34 comply with none….
Bolivia: Cartel haven | Refugio narco
By El Diario: They confirm that drug traffickers take refuge in Bolivia The United States’ decertification of Bolivia, as a country failing to comply with international agreements against drug trafficking, confirms that the nation is a safe haven for narcotrafficking. The Government, however, insists on denying the presence of cartels, describing them merely as emissaries…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 