By Fabián Aguirre: URGENT RESPONSES FROM THE WINNER OF THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BOLIVIA A close friend who was once an important MIR leader in Cochabamba told me today, Monday, October 20, 2025, that Paz Zamora — as a skilled politician of the past — managed to talk with Evo and with Arce and negotiate…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivia: Turns pragmatic | Gira al pragmatismo
By Daniela Romero, EFE, Vision 360: Liberal trend will shape the new Government of Bolivia, with a more “pragmatic” policy Whoever becomes president will generate the most important change of the last two decades, “the abandonment of the anti-imperialist ideology with which MAS has conducted Bolivia’s foreign policy,” says international politics analyst Andrés Guzmán. A…
Heritage in the trash | Patrimonio al tacho de la basura
Editorial, El Dia: For the first time in 40 years, Bolivia faces a scenario we believed had been overcome: inflation, recession, shortages, and the real risk of supply collapse. Four consecutive quarters of Gross Domestic Product decline confirm that the country has entered into recession. GDP fell -2.4% in the first half of 2025 —…
Bolivia Runs Dry: Fuel Crisis Worsens | Bolivia se seca: se agrava la crisis de combustible
By Raúl Dominguez, El Deber: Bolivia Faces Dramatic Days Due to Fuel Shortage; Shortages Forecast for 2026 A common image these days: the resale of fuel. Hoarders take advantage of the shortage to “make some money.” Producers, industrialists, and drivers are forced to turn to the black market, where the price per liter continues to…
MAS maneuver in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly seeks to cover up 20 years of corruption | Maniobra del masismo en la ALP busca tapar corrupción de 20 años
By El Diario: When scheduling the appointment of the Comptroller Following the call for today’s plenary session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP), aimed at appointing a new head of the Office of the Comptroller General of the State (CGE), lawmakers warned that this is a political maneuver by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) to…
Toxic Blockades | Bloqueos tóxicos
By Juan José Toro, Vision 360: Everything we have seen and lived through — not only in the last five years, but for at least thirty — shows that one of the causes of our poverty and stagnation are the blockades. Blockades add to the reasons for considering them the most commonly used form of…
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