By Raúl Peñaranda, Brújula Digital: The cost of keeping Lara vs. the cost of expelling him Today, the scenarios are reduced to weighing the pros and cons of formally removing him from government or maintaining this permanent noise produced by the vice president. Edmand Lara/Screenshot At this point, everything indicates that the rupture between President…
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The vice president drives erosion of the president’s image | El vicepresidente impulsa desgaste de la imagen presidencial
By Luis Alberto Ruiz, La Patria: Analyst says Luis Alberto Ruiz, political analyst / Erbol Political analyst Luis Alberto Ruiz warns that Edmand Lara is seeking to position himself as an electoral alternative amid internal crises and scandals within the government. Ruiz has expressed concern over the turmoil affecting the country’s presidential duo. According to him, Vice…
An Absurd Fight Two Weeks In | Una pelea absurda a dos semanas de gobierno
By Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: The Legacy of Disorder: A Bloated State, Internal Fractures, and a Country on the Brink of Collapse The country has awakened to the institutional hangover left by nearly two decades of MAS rule. And what we are seeing in these first days of the new administration is not exactly a ray…
Decline of MAS | Ocaso del MAS
Editorial, El Diario: Struggle for Subnational Power and the Decline of MAS The 2026 subnational elections will be a complex and decisive scenario, as the recent shift in power at the national level and the internal divisions within the main political blocs create a landscape in which the power of mayorships and governorships will serve…
The jailer of MAS and the world of freedom | El carcelero del MAS y el mundo de libertad
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: The most dramatic thing about masismo is not the corruption, the cynicism, the ineptitude; no, in truth, the most destructive thing about masismo is and has been the blocking of history. The most recognized leaders of this party, which governed for almost two decades, are not only ideologues of 21st-century…
Surrounded by Threats | Bajo asedio interno
By Javier Medrano, El Dia: Rodrigo: a fragmented president with a scorpion on his back There is only one crystal-clear certainty that Rodrigo Paz should keep very present on his economic agenda —at least that is what all Bolivians expect—: adjustment is inevitable due to its urgent nature. The question is whether it should be…
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