By El Diario: No authority limits banking abuses Users have been complaining on social media about banks arbitrarily setting limits on card use abroad. Once again, Banco Económico reduced credit limits despite previously agreeing to a higher amount. Authorities remain passive, failing to intervene. Customers report that Banco Económico initially allowed up to $600 in…
Category: Social Unrest
Parallel dollar disappears | Desaparece el dólar paralelo
By Brújula Digital: The parallel dollar disappears from exchange houses and money changers in La Paz A day after the government authorized YPFB to acquire dollars from the national banking system, U.S. currency vanished from exchange houses and street money changers in downtown La Paz. One of the currency exchange houses in downtown La Paz….
No more stupidity | No más estupideces
Editorial, El Dia: It’s hard to believe that someone as useless and incompetent as Luis Arce has such a big ego. Not even the most distinguished psychologists could explain how an individual is capable of leading the country into the worst disaster in its history just because he refuses to admit he is wrong, to…
The parallel dollar skyrockets to Bs 12 amid fuel shortages in Bolivia | Dólar paralelo se dispara a Bs 12 en medio de la escasez de combustible en Bolivia
By Unitel, Eju.tv: The USTD, the digital asset used as a reference by the Central Bank, recorded a significant increase in the last 24 hours. The parallel dollar reached Bs 12 per unit this Wednesday, March 12, according to reports from digital wallets operating with crypto assets. This increase comes amid the crisis caused by…
Pumari says the people endure an ‘inept government and a self-confessed criminal pedophile’ | Pumari dice que el pueblo aguanta a un ‘gobierno inepto y a un pedófilo criminal confeso’
By Boris Gongora, La Razon; Eju.tv: The former civic leader of Potosí called for an “urgent response” in the streets and at the polls. Marco Antonio Pumari, former civic leader of Potosí The former civic leader of Potosí, Marco Antonio Pumari, accused the government of “squandering” billions of dollars belonging to Bolivians and even blamed…
Terminal Economic Disaster | Desastre económico en fase terminal
By Germán Huanca Luna, Urgente.bo: While the government labels the Plurinational Assembly’s refusal to approve international loans as “economic sabotage,” from an economic standpoint, what is unfolding is a disaster that has been forewarned for years. The current situation is the result of an economic policy that has prioritized public spending beyond the country’s real…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 