By El Diario: Government Faces the Challenge of Adjusting Payroll and Closing Loss-Making Companies The Ministry of Economy will submit the reformulated 2026 PGE to the Assembly this month, under pressure to comply with a 30% reduction in public spending. For experts such as Marcelo Butrón, the document will be the “litmus test” that will…
Category: Social Unrest
Autonomy Revolt | Rebelión por la Autonomía
By El Deber: Civic leaders demand greater autonomy in institutional statement Santa Cruz civic leaders call for more autonomy / Photo: CpSC The CpSC also called for eliminating the Vice Ministry of Autonomies and creating the Presidential Delegate for Autonomy in each department The Pro Santa Cruz Committee (CpSC) demanded that the national government release…
100 Days: Progress or Improvisation? | 100 días: ¿avance o improvisación?
By Brújula digital: One hundred days in office: ruling party defends progress and opposition denounces improvisation Legislators from the PDC and Unidad backed the economic measures promoted by the Executive and highlighted consensus in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. From Alianza Popular, they questioned the lack of a clear policy to confront the crisis. A session of the Chamber of Deputies…
The State Remains Captured by MAS Bureaucracy | Estado sigue capturado por burocracia masista
By El Diario: At 100 days into the government of Rodrigo Paz, economist and political scientist Fernando Untoja described an administration that “put the surface in order” but avoided touching the core of power, warning that the Bolivian State remains governed by a bureaucracy of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) that, far from enabling governability,…
Over 100 Political Prisoners Still in Bolivia | Más de 100 presos políticos aún en Bolivia
By Brujula Digital: Gary Prado: More than a hundred political prisoners remain due to cases initiated by MAS governments According to the lawyer, these are not limited only to the so-called emblematic cases such as Senkata, Sacaba, tear gas, or ventilators, but also include other proceedings that, he stated, date back even to the governments…
State Pushes Back in Carrasco Park | El Estado recupera el Parque Carrasco
By Ariel Melgar, El Deber: Sernap Enters the Heart of Carrasco Park and Halts Land Seizures Sernap carried out an operation in Carrasco Park | Photo: Courtesy The executive director of Sernap, Cecilia Miranda, described the intervention as an unprecedented event in at least 20 years An interinstitutional operation led by the National Service of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 