By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: An unsuspecting observer might describe what we saw in the city of El Alto, regarding the crashed airplane, as an outbreak of anarchy or a mere overflow of collective violence. In reality, it is something far more systemic and troubling: it is the full exercise of the sovereignty of the…
Category: Social Unrest
Retirement Pay at Risk | Jubilaciones en peligro
By El Pais: Pension Funds: The Last Snapshot Before Official Silence Thirteen months, 29.5 billion dollars (as of February 2026), and 2.7 million contributors: the SIP portfolio reveals how the Bolivian State financed its most severe crisis with workers’ pension savings. In December 2025, President Rodrigo Paz Pereira set off a nationwide alarm. “Your contributions…
Protected Areas Endangered by Irregular Mining Rights | Áreas protegidas peligran por derechos mineros irregulares
By El Diario: Bolivia’s 15 protected areas face high risk due to mining rights granted irregularly decades ago, which, if efforts are made to consolidate them, could lead to the extinction of natural heritage and biodiversity wealth as a result of uncontrollable illegal mining activity. Biologist Alfredo Fuentes, a researcher affiliated with the National Herbarium…
Prisoners and Abandoned | Presos y abandonados
By Humberto Vacaflor, El Dia: The political prisoners left behind by the MAS number a thousand and they remain imprisoned under the new government, forgotten even by the media. In Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez approved a partial amnesty to free half of the prisoners of Chavismo, and is now preparing an unrestricted amnesty. But in Bolivia…
Series B Bills Return to Circulation | Billetes Serie B Vuelven a Circular
By Erbol: IN DENOMINATIONS OF 10, 20, AND 50 Series B banknotes will be valid starting Monday, except those from the accident, announces the BCB The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) reported that starting Monday, March 2, Bs10, Bs20, and Bs50 banknotes from Series B will once again be valid, except for those identified as…
Crash Looted Cash Now Void — Who Pays the Replacement Cost? | Billetes Robados Tras Accidente Quedan Anulados — ¿Quién Asume el Costo?
By Eju.tv: Do you have Bs 10, Bs 20, and Bs 50 banknotes from the new Series B? This is what you should know and do The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) reported that people who possess similar banknotes that were legally obtained will be able to exchange them within the financial system for others…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 