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…
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Fuel shortage due to drop in production | Escasez de carburantes por caída en la producción
Fundacion Jubileo, Brujula Digital: Jubileo: fuel shortage has nothing to do with blockades, but with the drop in production and over time it will be greater Vehicles line up to buy fuel. Photo: APG The Jubilee Foundation reported this Wednesday that the fuel shortage in the country has nothing to do with the Evista blockade,…
Bolivia drops rating in corruption ranking | Bolivia baja calificación en ranking de corrupción
Transparency International (TI) published yesterday its Corruption Perception Index, where Bolivia appears in 133rd place out of 180 countries, with a rating that has been lowered compared to last year. The index is made on a scale from zero to 100, where zero means that a country’s public sector is perceived as “highly corrupt” and…
In search of a leader | En busca de un líder
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: “…in the face of disaster, some ask: Why?…the free man asks: What do I do?” We look like a lost flock. Those of us who write about the political situation in Bolivia, both reading ourselves, sound like sheep bleating. At first it was like listening to the lost ram, as it…
Dismissal of Jeanine Áñez, a farce | Sobreseimiento de Jeanine Áñez, una farsa
Veronica Ormachea, Los Tiempos: The dismissal of conspiracy and sedition charges against former President Jeanine Áñez and her former ministers has been nothing more than a farce by the Bolivian State to give a good image to Bolivians and the international community who are pressing for the release of political detainees. The announcement was a…
“In Bolivia the constitutional right to protest is misinterpreted” | “En Bolivia se malinterpreta el derecho constitucional a protestar”
El Diario: Although the right to protest is contemplated in the Political Constitution of the State (CPE), this provision is misinterpreted in the country, to block roads, which is not allowed in the Magna Carta, said constitutional lawyer, Williams Bascopé Laruta. “The Constitution guarantees the right to protest; but there is no right to block….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 