El Diario: Charging commissions for overseas money transfers is a counterproductive measure Following the decision of the Financial System Supervisory Authority (ASFI) to adjust commissions for overseas transfers, economic analysts Gabriel Espinoza and Fernando Romero consider the measure counterproductive and believe it will worsen the situation instead of improving it. ASFI modified the regulation of…
Category: Social Unrest
Fire in Roboré: evacuation is being prepared, charred animals are reported | Incendio en Roboré: alistan evacuación de población, reportan animales carbonizados
By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: A closed road Fire in Roboré does not relent: evacuation of vulnerable population is being prepared and charred animals are reported The fire continues to affect the communities of San Lorenzo Nuevo, San Lorenzo Viejo, and El Naranjo. This is due to the strong winds recorded during the day. A…
Can only endure with an injection of at least $3 billion | Sólo podremos resistir con una inyección de al menos 3.000 millones de dólares
By Omar Pereyra, Eju.tv: Economics: “We Won’t Endure Without an Injection of at Least $3 Billion,” Warns Analyst Economist Gonzalo Chávez analyzed the situation and observed that the lack of dollars is just the tip of the iceberg, revealing the exhaustion of the primary-export model. He suggested a new set of measures. Source: Unitel In a…
Politics and Values | Política y valores
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: What was the trajectory of social and political disaster in Bolivia? A controversial and complicated question, but we could attempt an answer. Since the mid-20th century, Bolivia’s political and social trajectory largely aligned with the phenomena that shook, for better or worse, the entirety of Latin American countries. We could…
Social Movements in Crisis | Los movimientos sociales en crisis
Editorial, El Diario: For approximately 20 years, populist concepts have proliferated in our country with the primary aim of dividing the population and making them believe, for instance, that it was essential to initiate a “process of change,” which implied not repeating the mistakes of previous governments vilified for not professing socialist ideology. However, gradually,…
Spider monkeys and turtles, threatened in Madidi | Monos araña y tortugas, amenazados en Madidi
By Yenny Escalante/Sumando Voces, Correo del Sur: TARGETED BY POACHERS AND TRAFFICKERS This situation worries the residents; they fear consequences in the near future Spider monkeys are more slender in appearance than other monkeys and weigh between 6 and 10 kilos. BOLIVIAN SPECIES At this time of year, Madidi National Park becomes a target for…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 