By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Currency Shortage 2025 Budget: Economist warns that excessive spending will drive up the dollar The official exchange rate of the dollar is Bs 6.96, but the parallel market reaches Bs 11 The Government has planned public investment exceeding $4 billion. Specialist Joshua Bellott Sáenz asserts that this will increase…
From Hunters to Guardians: Communities Strive to Save the Red-Fronted Macaw | De cazadores a guardianes: comunidades luchan por salvar a la paraba frente roja
By NICOLE VARGAS/MONGABAY; Opinión: Through the efforts of indigenous community members, the bird population increased from 807 to 1,160 individuals over 10 years. They installed nesting boxes to improve reproduction and planted food sources for the species. At 62 years old, Simón Pedrazas is learning to use a cellphone to monitor the activity of the…
It’s time to abandon empty rhetoric and historical mistakes | Es tiempo de dejar discursos vacíos y errores históricos
By El Diario: 2025, a Crucial Electoral Year 2024 will be remembered as a year marked by economic challenges, political turmoil, and tensions, according to Alejandra Camargo, a deputy from Comunidad Ciudadana (CC). She also noted that 2025 will be defined as an electoral year, where Bolivians must show whether they have learned the lessons…
The MAS Economic Model Made the Economy More Dependent on the Dollar | Modelo económico del MAS volvió a la economía más dependiente del dólar
By El Diario, Eju.tv: The exchange rate for the dollar in the parallel market exceeds 10 bolivianos due to high demand, as it has become difficult to obtain at the official rate. Since the government of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) established a fixed exchange rate in 2011—6.86 for buying and 6.96 for selling—it made…
Plurinational State in Terminal Crisis | Estado Plurinacional en crisis terminal
Editorial, El Diario: The Plurinational State—which the MAS (Movement for Socialism) attempted to establish in 2009 with the first Constitution approved by referendum—led by the “country’s first indigenous president,” has completed its historical cycle by destroying the very creation it set out to build. Officially born on January 22, 2010, the Plurinational State will soon…
Those who defend the environment risk being sued or dismissed | Enjuiciados o despedidos quienes defienden el medio ambiente
Editorial, El Diario: Risks of Defending the Environment One of the most severe issues of the past year is the recurrence of forest fires that once again destroyed millions of hectares, particularly in national parks located in departments such as Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Tarija, and La Paz. The perpetrators of this environmental catastrophe are varied,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 