By El Diario: Business leaders call for solutions to a “cross-cutting crisis” In a commemoration of Labor Day marked by economic uncertainty, the Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) issued a strong statement expressing deep concern over the “cross-cutting crisis” currently afflicting the country. Through an official communiqué, the business leadership made it clear…
Category: Social Unrest
Crisis clouds May 1st: more inflation, less employment | Crisis opaca el 1 de mayo, hay más inflación y menos empleo
By Leonel Suárez, El Pais: While official events are being prepared in Tarija to highlight the historical struggle of the working class, the economic backdrop is clear. The College of Economists confirms the loss of purchasing power The crisis has increased informal employment in the country This May 1st, Bolivia commemorates International Workers’ Day in…
Beginning crisis with rise in parallel dollar | Comienza la crisis con incremento del dólar paralelo
By Leyla Mendieta Cruz, Unitel: “The crisis is beginning,” says Cadex regarding the rise of the parallel dollar The president of the Chamber of Exporters, Logistics and Investment Promotion of Santa Cruz (Cadex), Oswaldo Barriga, insisted that it is necessary to change the economic model and to authorize exports of products that are currently restricted…
Neither the COB nor the Government know what it means to produce | Ni la COB, ni el Gob saben que es producir
Editorial, El Deber: Wage increase: hypocrisy and electoral calculation President Luis Arce is in campaign mode. And his decisions are tainted by a desperate search for votes. The polls released so far show that his chances of re-election are minimal, and he knows it—just as he knows that the tools of power (decrees and resolutions)…
The Mutual Annulment of the Opposition | La anulación mutua de la oposición
By Guido Añez Moscoso, Eju.tv: Last night, I took part in El Búnker as a guest invited by Virginio Lema. Believe me, I left deeply worried about the political situation. While these are not scientific polls with technical specifications, regional vote weighting, or statistical data that reflect the real state of the electorate, the reaction of the…
Elections in August? | ¿Elecciones en agosto?
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: To approve the most recent Constitution, Evo Morales agreed that he would not be a candidate in the next presidential election; this is written in a transitional article of that Magna Carta. He did not keep his word. During his presidency, the legal hectares of coca cultivation almost doubled,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 