By Jimmy Ortiz, El Deber: I have no doubt that Bolivia is being deliberately destroyed, following the mandates of the transnational 21st Century Socialism (SS XXI), just as they did in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua—and failed to do in Argentina. It is the classic communist/socialist strategy, aimed at keeping the people poor or miserable, to…
Category: Social Unrest
Exclusion zone, without elections, without the State, without law | Zona de exclusión, sin elecciones, sin Estado, sin ley
By El Dia: Evo Morales’ Grand Prize Evo Morales no longer needs to be a candidate. If he manages to consolidate Chapare as an exclusion zone—without elections, without the State, without law—he will have gained much more: he will become the lifelong emperor of a territory where the Constitution does not apply, the police do…
Hidden poverty and structural crisis | Pobreza oculta y crisis estructural
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Jubileo Foundation warns of hidden poverty and structural crisis: “Bs 100 is no longer enough to buy food” The Bolivian peso continues to lose value Economist Carla Cordero warns that Bolivia is facing a multidimensional crisis that erodes families’ purchasing power, with food inflation surpassing 20% and state measures proving…
The parallel dollar sells for under Bs16, the lowest rate since May | El dólar paralelo se vende por debajo de los Bs16, la cotización más baja desde mayo
By Agencia EFE, Unitel: The parallel dollar, both on the street and in digital wallets where it is traded as a crypto asset, dropped at the end of June [Reference photo] / The exchange rate on virtual markets was highly variable this month The parallel dollar registered its lowest value since May at the start…
Boliviano devaluation reaches 137% against the dollar | Devaluación del boliviano es de 137% respecto al dólar
By El Diario: The boliviano is facing its highest exchange rate pressure in over a decade, as the value of the U.S. dollar in the parallel market surges, creating an unprecedented gap with the official exchange rate. Although the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) maintains the official rate at 6.96 bolivianos per dollar, on the…
Fiscal pact urged due to falling gas revenue | Urge un pacto fiscal por caída de ingresos de la renta del gas
By El Diario: Affected Departments In light of the decline in revenue from natural gas sales to Brazil and the termination of the contract with Argentina, the economic situation of the departmental governments is deteriorating, as about 95% of their budgets rely on royalties. Therefore, a fiscal pact is being proposed to revise the revenue…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 