Editorial, El Deber: The dollar and the economy There is no doubt that the year 1985 marks a profound turning point in Bolivia’s political and economic history for several reasons. The country needed to emerge from a whirlwind of hyperinflation and ungovernability that marked the three stormy years of the government of the Popular Democratic…
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Evo Morales and the unfinished task of national construction | Evo Morales y la tarea inconclusa de construcción nacional
Pedro Portugal, Brujula Digital: Evo Morales lashes out against everyone. Now against his closest subordinates. In statements to Radio Kawsachun Coca, he evicts his former vice president, Álvaro García Linera: He is a traitor and a swindler because he allegedly never obtained the bachelor’s degree he exhibited in the early years of the MAS government….
Bolivia’s Socialist Rulers Mend Ties With Capitalists in a Nation on the Brink | Los líderes socialistas de Bolivia restablecen lazos con capitalistas en una nación al borde del abismo
Marcelo Rochabrun, Sergio Mendoza and Zijia Song, Bloomberg, Finance, Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Bolivia’s socialist government is mending ties with business leaders it once snubbed as it grapples to prevent a dollar shortage from crashing the economy. Finance Ministry and other government officials met last week with representatives from sectors including finance, manufacturing, construction and pharmaceuticals,…
Encroachers and Illegal Miners | Avasalladores y mineros ilegales
Tatiana Castro, Los Tiempos: Park Rangers Must Face Harassment from Encroachers and Illegal Miners Park rangers must confront the lack of human resources, adverse working conditions, harassment from encroachers, and judicial harassment in their tasks of protecting the 23 parks and protected areas in Bolivia. They feel defenseless and unauthorized. The vice president of the…
The Difficulty of Being Bolivian as a Cruceño | La dificultad de ser boliviano siendo cruceño
Carlos Valverde, El Deber: We commemorate the Foundation of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, that dream of Ñuflo de Chaves that became a reality there, in Chiquitos, far from everywhere and close to nowhere… Later, 264 years later, we participated as free Cruceños in defining our destiny, in the foundation of the Republic (Bolívar-Bolivia) because…
Dollars and their impact on inflation | Dólares y su impacto en la inflación
Editorial, El Deber: The scarcity of dollars, a phenomenon that has intensified in recent months, directly impacts the prices of products and services, fueling inflation and threatening to erode the purchasing power of Bolivian families. The business sector has been one of the first to feel the effects of the lack of foreign currency. Importers…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 