Demetrio Reynolds writes in El Dia: Disappointing failure of politicians There was a slight hope. But the failure was predictable. With few novelties, they are the same actors of another time. Of course, it is not reasonable to expect that in a couple of months they will change their mentality and attitude. It is true…
Category: Social Unrest
Herencia masista – The inheritance of the MAS
Debemos limpiar nuestro Sistema Judicial, restaurar la confianza de nuestra sociedad, y del mundo entero en nuestra patria querida. We must clean our Judicial System, restore the confidence of our society, and of the entire world in our beloved homeland.
Bolivia’s interim leader should not run in election
From The Editorial Board, Financial Times: Jeanine Áñez’s plan to stand for president threatens hopes of more democratic future When Bolivians rose up and forced their autocratic president Evo Morales to flee into exile last November after he tried to steal an election, the resulting bitter divisions threatened to plunge the country into chaos. Negotiations…
MAS is instability – El MAS es inestabilidad
Carlos Klinsky writes in El Deber; MAS is instability The last two signs of life launched by Evo Morales from Buenos Aires confirm his authoritarian character. First was the unhappy phrase about the “armed militias,” from which he had to retract at the risk of a revocation of his refuge in Argentina. And now, the…
Bolivia struggles with severe dengue outbreak
UNTV reports: Ten people have died of dengue fever in Bolivia in the last week and there are at least 9,500 suspected cases nationwide, health authorities in the country said on Sunday (February 2). The department of Santa Cruz is one of the most affected, with more than 1,200 cases. On Sunday, Bolivian authorities fumigated…
Bolivia needs to adjust the exchange rate to the dollar, soon!
Matthew Bristow reports for Bloomberg: Fitch Says Bolivia Reserves Are No Longer Enough for FX Peg Bolivia has depleted its “war chest” of international reserves to the point that it no longer has enough dollars to defend the nation’s fixed exchange rate, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch in November downgraded the Andean country to B+,…
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