By Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: It’s been a year now since we’ve been living in a different country than we were accustomed to for almost three decades, yet the social situation doesn’t reflect the new conditions. Gone is the illusion of an economy shielded with sustained growth, based on emerging middle classes enjoying the fruits…
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Opposition: Unite or Perish! | Oposición: ¡Unirse o Perecer!
A necessary warning to the opposition By Gisela Derpic, Brujula Digital: In the 1990s, a profound political crisis incubated in Bolivia. Its signs were the coca growers’ mobilizations, the so-called “water war” in Cochabamba, and the blockades in the La Paz highlands between 2000 and 2001. Few noticed the depth of it. Most analysts and…
The rise in the dollar will increase external debt and imports | Repunte del dólar encarecerá deuda externa e importaciones
The price of the dollar is rising, causing global distress, so economists warn that this situation will increase external debt and imports for several countries, including Bolivia. Currently, according to the finance specialized site Bloomberg Line, countries burdened with external debt remain at risk, with Maldives and Bolivia particularly vulnerable if the strength of the…
Blow to the Economy | Mazazo a la economía
Editorial, El Dia: In a few days, the Bolivian economy will suffer another blow when the government approves a generalized increase for the universe of wage earners, which are actually very few in this country of informal workers. Indeed, Bolivia’s extensive informality, one of the largest in the world, is the result of harmful policies…
El Alto versus Chapare
Rolando Telleria, Los Tiempos: The division within the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) also carries regional connotations. While during the almost 14 years of hegemony — to put it that way, borrowing from Gramsci — there was an interesting cohesion that allowed Evo Morales to serve three consecutive terms, today the MAS is also divided territorially….
More on the Elimination of Social Welfare Benefits | Más sobre la eliminación de los bonos sociales
Antonio Saravia, El Deber: My article from two weeks ago, which argued for the need to eliminate social welfare benefits, has sparked several reactions and a couple of interesting articles. Enrique Velazco and Roberto Laserna have joined the debate, expressing their opinions in separate columns that appeared in Brújula Digital. Let me start by summarizing…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 