By Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: It’s been a year now since we’ve been living in a different country than we were accustomed to for almost three decades, yet the social situation doesn’t reflect the new conditions. Gone is the illusion of an economy shielded with sustained growth, based on emerging middle classes enjoying the fruits…
Category: Social Unrest
Deficit of 7.5% since 2014 | Déficit de 7,5% desde 2014
By Brújula Digital: Economists to Arce: the country has been carrying a deficit of 7.5% since 2014 and YPFB no longer exports $6.6 billion A rural family. Photo: Social Media President Luis Arce asserted on Monday that “Bolivia is not in crisis” and stated that “we are experiencing economic sabotage.” Economic analysts reminded him that…
Erosion of Truth | Erosión de la Verdad
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Media violence and state ideology A couple of decades ago, sitting down to watch the news was truly an intellectual act; social, cultural, political, and societal realities appeared on television screens, in oral and written press, in an organized, comprehensive, and mostly objective manner, with ethical standards that rarely hurt…
Caught in the System: Bolivia’s Judicial Predicament | Atrapado en el Sistema: La Problemática Judicial en Bolivia
By Luz Mendoza, Eju.tv: Summary Procedure: Innocents Forced to Accept Guilt to Stop Judicial Predation It often happens that due to the “evident miseries” of Bolivia’s penal system, after a series of unsuccessful attempts by the accused to prove their innocence —which they are not obligated to do—, faced with the system’s indifference and usually while…
Opposition: Unite or Perish! | Oposición: ¡Unirse o Perecer!
A necessary warning to the opposition By Gisela Derpic, Brujula Digital: In the 1990s, a profound political crisis incubated in Bolivia. Its signs were the coca growers’ mobilizations, the so-called “water war” in Cochabamba, and the blockades in the La Paz highlands between 2000 and 2001. Few noticed the depth of it. Most analysts and…
The rise in the dollar will increase external debt and imports | Repunte del dólar encarecerá deuda externa e importaciones
The price of the dollar is rising, causing global distress, so economists warn that this situation will increase external debt and imports for several countries, including Bolivia. Currently, according to the finance specialized site Bloomberg Line, countries burdened with external debt remain at risk, with Maldives and Bolivia particularly vulnerable if the strength of the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 