The Star: Fitch cut the country to CCC from B- after reserves dipped by US$2.1bil last year to just US$1.7bil. — Bloomberg LA PAZ: Bolivia was downgraded further into junk territory by Fitch Ratings, which says falling international reserves threaten the nation’s ability to service its debt. Fitch cut the country to CCC from B-…
Tag: corruption in public office
The country is falling apart | El país se cae a pedazos
Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: And we are to blame. We were the ones who elected the MAS and gave it resounding victories since 2005. Yes, they committed fraud, took over justice and used perks and violence to screw themselves into power, but without our votes, our passivity and our fear, they wouldn’t have made it….
Road blockade exposes lack of food production in the West | Bloqueo de caminos desnuda falta de producción de alimentos en occidente
Willy Marcos Chipana Mamani, El Diario: The road blockade carried out by the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) related to Evo Morales, shows that in the country there was no balanced productive development between the east and the west, which would allow it to exploit its economic capabilities in a comprehensive manner. This, apart from the…
THE PRESIDENTIAL – EL PRESIDENCIABLE
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: It is obvious, and all Bolivians comment, that an opposition leader is needed, even more so, that he becomes the only candidate to confront the MAS in the next elections. So far nothing new. It is also not new that there are already several candidates or they paint themselves as…
Judicial coup? | ¿Golpe judicial?
Editorial, El Deber: Through a “constitutional declaration” – it was not a ruling or legal opinion – the judges of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) decided to remain in their positions until the judicial elections promote their successors. The so-called “self-extension”, from which the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the Agro-Environmental…
Economic disaster | Descalabro económico
El Diario: Bolivia increasingly closer to economic disaster The fall in the Net International Reserves (RIN) of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), the shortage of dollars, fuel and the excessive rise in food prices, a situation that has been going on since the last administration, added to the growing external debt, show a complicated…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 