By Oscar Antezana: I said goodbye and left the building thinking that the young man who attended me was not going to do absolutely anything about my complaint. I headed to CADEX to request another type of information for my venture. The young woman returned after quite a while. I was furious. The young woman…
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THE FALSE SHORTCUT AGAINST INFORMALITY IN BOLIVIA | EL FALSO ATAJO CONTRA LA INFORMALIDAD EN BOLIVIA
By Oscar Antezana: Bolivia lives with one of the highest levels of informality in Latin America. Around 70–80% of employment is generated outside the formal system. Faced with this reality, the most frequently repeated prescription is to reduce taxes in order to attract informal workers into legality. In this context, one of the recurring proposals…
Federalism Too Early | Federalismo Aún Prematuro
By El Diario: Federalism Proposed While Autonomies Are Still in Their Infancy The debate on federalism has resurfaced; however, for political analyst Franklin Pareja, the discussion is mistimed and misprioritized. In his view, federalism is a long-term solution, difficult to implement within the current institutional structure, and above all, unnecessary while the country has not…
The state never helps… | El estado jamás ayuda…
Editorial, El Dia: The state enjoys good press because it helps, provides assistance, distributes wealth, and seeks social justice, but these are just good intentions. The reality is very different because it ends up generating more poverty than before, discourages production, and above all, harms the neediest. The harm of state aid is especially evident…
Galloping corruption! – ¡Corrupción galopante!
Editorial, El Diario: Official inefficiency accelerates corruption As unemployment has “face for everything,” it is said that having well-paid jobs in the informal economy is the easiest. Every position has “officials ready for anything” (and they queue at the doors of the boss). This has always been a prevailing reality at all times because, from…
Arce: Engaña – Misleads
Editorial. El Deber: Anti-austerity of current spending The premise of President Luis Arce Catacora to lead a public administration with austerity, as he repeated in several official acts of his first two months, very soon became a dead letter when the data of the General State Budget (PGE) for the year 2021 became known. There,…
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