El Diario: The current crisis could deepen further After days of mobilizations and negotiations, a week of protests is approaching as the transportation, health, and trade union sectors demand government attention to their issues, including fuel supply, the solution to the dollar shortage, and the annulment of “forced retirement.” Heavy transport leaders have decided to…
Category: Social Unrest
An Incurable Crisis? | ¿Una Crisis Incurable?
Editorial, El Dia: Incurable? Businesspeople can complain all they want, but the Bolivian economic crisis seems incurable. Luis Arce resists applying the recipes or suggestions offered to him and, even more so, refuses to resort to the necessary adjustments to avoid disaster. In 1985, with an annual inflation rate of 20,000%, the situation was radically…
June 27: Indefinite Strike and Blockade | Paro y bloqueo indefinido
El Dia: Heavy Transport Sector Announces Indefinite Strike and Blockade from June 27, Demands Minister Montaño’s Resignation The heavy transport sector has given the Government until June 26 to address their demands, which include resolving the shortage of dollars and ensuring a stable supply of fuel. The national assembly of the heavy transport sector, held…
Eviction and punishment to stop encroachments | Desalojo y castigo para frenar avasallamientos
Editorial, El Deber: Illegal land occupation is undoubtedly the greatest challenge faced by agricultural producers in eastern Bolivia, especially in the department of Santa Cruz. This problem has been recurrent and seems to have no solution, as these invasions often go unpunished. However, there is now a glimmer of hope: the Government has just announced…
The Disarray | El desbarajuste
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: The government has been claiming that a “soft coup” is underway to end its administration and that it has sufficient evidence to support this claim. We don’t know if the president and his cabinet are confusing the terms and instead of a “soft coup,” what they see is the gradual…
Zero Budget Transparency | Cero transparencia presupuestaria
Brujula Digital: “Failed in Budget Transparency”: These Are the Five Documents That People Did Not Have Access To Recently, it was revealed that Bolivia scored 11 out of 100 in budget transparency for the year 2023, according to the Open Budget Survey, an international assessment placing the country second-to-last in South America, just above Venezuela….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 