Brujula Digital: March against incendiary laws faces harsh police repression, they use tear gas and arrest an activist Demonstration marched through the city’s main streets. Photo: APG Hundreds of activists mobilized on Wednesday night in the city of La Paz, demanding action against the fires that have devastated nearly four million hectares of forests and…
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The MAS “deliberates” in the streets | El MAS “delibera” en las calles
By Bajo el penoco, El Dia: The confrontation between the two factions of the MAS has entered its most critical and decisive phase: control of the streets through the use of violence. This was demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the Legislative Assembly, where followers of Luis Arce and supporters of the coca grower Morales…
Arce without proposals to resolve the economic crisis | Arce sin propuestas de salida a la crisis económica
By German Huanca, Publico.bo: President Arce finally came clean before the country, first acknowledging that Bolivia is in an economic crisis, identifying the causes we all already knew, and offering solutions. Unfortunately, the identification of the causes and the proposed solutions do not resolve the economic crisis, will not bring dollars, nor will they resolve…
MAS: Intrinsically violent than democratic | Intrínsecamente violento que democrático
By Fernando Chavez, Vision 360: Analyst says MAS wants to resolve its division in the streets and not democratically The situation is very complex “and they are betting on the streets and violence to solve something that political capacity through dialogue has not been able to,” estimates Carlos Saavedra. Militants from Evo Morales’ faction of…
The banking sector “Bolivianizes” amid the dollar shortage | La banca se “bolivianiza” ante la escasez de dólares
By Gregory Beltrán, La Prensa; Luz Mendoza, Eju.tv: The Association of Private Banks of Bolivia (Asoban) presented the balance for the first half of the year, confirming that deposits in the national currency reached 90.8 percent. If a person tries to open a savings account in dollars or wants to buy foreign currency, the response…
Bolivia está cerca de la estanflación | Bolivia is close to stagflation
El Diario: After reaching a statistical growth of 6.11% in 2021, it dropped to 3.61% in 2022 and to 3.08% in 2023. The Bolivian economy has once again entered a slowdown, placing Bolivia close to stagflation, according to economist Gonzalo Chávez. The lack of dollars and fuel, especially diesel, is slowing down the productive activity…
