By Gonzalo Chávez, Unitel: There are documents that are read and documents that are endured. The petition submitted by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) on June 15, 2026, grandiosely titled, in the characteristic style of the genre, “Minimum Agenda for a Great National Dialogue,” decidedly belongs to the second category. Not because of its intellectual…
Category: Social Unrest
Recession Warning Deepens | Se agrava la advertencia de recesión
By Brújula digital: “This Is Like the Pandemic”: Chávez Foresees Deep Recession and Warns Reforms Will Be Delayed Economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez believes reforms in hydrocarbons, mining, and the Constitution will have to wait due to a lack of political conditions. Economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez on Brújula Streaming. Economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez, speaking on Brújula Streaming,…
Who is in charge in Bolivia | Quién manda en Bolivia
By Oscar Antezana, El Dia: I don’t understand. Or rather, wasn’t the public already suspicious for years—or even taking it for granted—that the Chapare was infiltrated by organizations linked to drug trafficking, including networks of different nationalities? Didn’t President Paz and at least some of the presidential candidates know in far greater detail the scale…
Blockades cripple 99% of businesses and cost export deals | Bloqueos paralizan el 99% de las empresas y afectan contratos de exportación
By DTV, Eju.Tv: Blockades Paralyze 99% of Businesses and Cause Loss of Contracts with Peru and Brazil, Says Conamype The leader maintained that the situation affects not only small business owners, but also guild members, independent workers, and professionals who have bank obligations and depend on daily economic activity. The president of the National Confederation…
Mothers Trapped in Informal Employment | Madres atrapadas en la informalidad laboral
By Valentina H. Rubin de Celis, El Pais: Between Caregiving and the Informal Economy Between 70% and 85% of women work in the informal economy, meaning they lack job stability, health insurance, and retirement contributions. The situation becomes even more difficult when motherhood is added to the equation. Care Work Is Essential, Yet Invisible More…
How to apply justice to those who despise it | Cómo aplicar la justicia a quienes la desprecian
By Enrique Velazco, Vision 360: Perhaps it is not much for those who earn Bs 45,000 per month, but if instead of 100 lawsuits, 1,000 or more legal cases are initiated against them, it is very likely they would not be very inclined to repeat the attempt in the future. Walter Guevara (“How to End…
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