By Andrés Gómez V., Brujula Digital: Corruption Like Never Before —How’s it going, boss?—greets the official with an air of power to his victim. —What’s up, sir?—the victim responds with some fear—. I had to take the document from my dad’s house and leave it because the lady wouldn’t lend it to me just like…
Category: Social Unrest
Why do the websites that quote the Bolivian ‘blue dollar’ present risks? | ¿Por qué las páginas que cotizan el ‘dólar blue’ boliviano presentan riesgos?
By Raúl Domínguez El Deber: In recent months, the website bolivianblue.com has gained notoriety. Salomón Eid clarifies that its exchange rates are based on cryptocurrencies. Starting the weekend, the price of the dollar in the black or parallel market, due to the now normalized shortage, had exceeded Bs 11 in some cities in the country,…
Masismo 101: Complicity among rogues, and cynicism | Complicidad entre pillos y el cinismo
By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula Digital: Whale Skin I confess that my capacity for amazement remains intact: “I can’t understand” (as the Chapare cacique always says) the cynicism that protects certain national political figures like a bulletproof vest. These individuals seem impervious to everything, including direct accusations about their ethical and moral, not just political,…
Brink of Economic and Social Collapse | Al borde del precipicio económico y social
By Agustín Saavedra Zambrana, El Deber: Bolivia: A Country on the Brink of Economic and Social Collapse Bolivia is undergoing a multidimensional crisis that threatens its stability and the well-being of its citizens. The government’s erratic economic policies have plunged the country into a spiraling decline that worsens daily. The scarcity of U.S. dollars has…
Mining activity in indigenous communities reported | Denuncian actividad minera en comunidades indígenas
El Diario: With authorization from AJAM National deputy for the Creemos group, María René Álvarez, reported that the Administrative Jurisdictional Mining Authority (AJAM) authorized mining activity in the municipality of Roboré, Chiquitos province of the department of Santa Cruz, which affects the indigenous communities of Aguas Calientes, Yororobá, and Quitunuquiña. The legislator explained that the…
The dollar rises to Bs 10.35 for sale on the parallel market | El dólar sube hasta Bs 10,35 para la venta en el mercado paralelo
Brujula Digital, El Diario: The price of the dollar in the parallel market climbed to Bs 10.35 for sale and Bs 10.20 for purchase, Brújula Digital confirmed during a tour of a dozen exchange houses in central La Paz. Of the 10 exchange houses visited, three did not have dollars, and one indicated that dollar…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 