By The Economist: Evo Morales and Luis Arce. Photo: EFE Meetings of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) used to be boring affairs. Not anymore. Nowadays, they explode into brawls, with bottles and chairs flying overhead before being dispersed with tear gas. This change reflects a rift at the top of Bolivia’s ruling party, where President…
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Instability Hampers Economic Activity | Inestabilidad rezaga actividad económica
By El Diario: The country’s economic activity is being hindered by the climate of instability and social conflicts, directly affecting the national industry which has to contend with blockades and land seizures in the absence of proper regulatory enforcement. Bolivia has once again entered a wave of protests over various demands, including the shortage of…
Three Notes on the Crisis | Tres apuntes sobre la crisis
By Gregorio Lanza, El Deber: President Arce asserts that there is no structural economic crisis. He does this to conceal the downfall of the mixed community social model of which he imagines himself the creator. The entire structure of the model was based on gas revenues, 50% of which went directly to the Central Bank,…
Difficult Times Require Wise Solutions | Días difíciles necesitan salidas sabias
Editorial, El Deber: The economic and political context in the country places Luis Arce’s government in a difficult position. The scarcity of dollars and the demand for normal fuel supply, which anticipate social unrest, are compounded by a strained political climate centered around the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) with its two factions embroiled in a…
Poor People, Rich Government | Pueblo pobre gobierno rico
Editorial, El Dia: The Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, is the author of the phrase: “nothing outside the state, nothing above the state, nothing against the state,” and despite dying hung by his feet for the ruin he caused in his country, Luis Arce upholds this paradigm by placing the government above businesses, the economy,…
The harsh reality and an agonizing Bolivia | La cruda realidad y una Bolivia agonizante
By Rafael Archondo, Brújula Digital: In the opposition, everyone surrenders We have learned a lot from Venezuela. This phrase is repeated in Bolivia all the time, and from hearing it so much, it even seems like Nicolás Maduro has been exiled in Moscow for several months. The truth is that since 1999, the same people…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 