By El Diario: Former Ombudsman says In light of questionable and irregular behavior by judicial administrators who act in favor of political interests, former Ombudsman Waldo Albarracín stated that Bolivian justice is currently prostituted to both factions of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), groups that attack each other through the judicial system. Through his social…
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Cainco: “The economic model is exhausted and the State is suffocating the private sector” | “El modelo económico está agotado y el Estado asfixia al sector privado”
By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: TENSION Jean Pierre Antelo, President of Cainco / Photo: Ricardo Montero The president of the Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services and Tourism of Santa Cruz (Cainco), Jean Pierre Antelo, warned that the current government policies are deepening the economic crisis and putting productivity, employment, and the basic food basket…
Demetrio Pérez: The Government Has No Agricultural Development Policy | Demetrio Pérez: El Gobierno no tiene una política de desarrollo agropecuario
By Omar Pereyra, El Mundo; Eju.tv: Demetrio Pérez, leader of the small-scale agricultural producers in Santa Cruz, strongly criticized the Government for lacking a clear agricultural policy. He pointed out that improvised measures are being adopted that harm both the environment and producers, such as promoting crops in unsuitable areas like the Amazon. Last week,…
The Times and the Economic Crisis | Los tiempos y la crisis económica
By Gonzalo Chávez, Brujula Digital: In Bolivia, the economy has shown the patience of a Tibetan lama when it comes to incubating its crisis, and the speed of a nosediving condor when it comes to unleashing it. For years, we watched the disaster slowly cook with all the classic ingredients: fiscal populism, a gas addiction,…
Wages are worth 45% less compared to the dollar | El salario vale un 45% menos respecto al dólar
By Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: PURCHASING POWER The purchasing power of the boliviano is losing ground /Photo: ABI The loss of the boliviano’s purchasing power since 2024 has already reached 50%. The foreign currency is trading at Bs 15.17. According to the latest study (2023) by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Bolivia has a…
Transparent elections are not guaranteed in the country | Elecciones transparentes no están garantizadas en el país
By El Diario: In a situation marked by political campaigns and doubts about the 2025 general elections taking place, former rector of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Waldo Albarracín, stated that the subordination of the Electoral Body and the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) to the ruling power prevents the country from guaranteeing the…
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