Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through a period of economic turbulence. The drop in Net International Reserves was the trigger for much bad news for the country. One of them is the shortage of dollars, internally, but it is not the only one. Later, Fitch Ratings’ rating was announced, which lowered Bolivia from B…
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2023 TIPNIS: In peril! – ¡En peligro!
El Deber: Mayors of Tipnis reject the construction of the Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos highway The resolving vote of the 39th Meeting of Corregidores del Tipnis, held in the community of San José de Angosta on March 8, 9 and 10, had representatives of 53 indigenous communities, representing the 74 existing ones….
Rhetoric of exemplary economics destroyed – Desbaratan retórica de la economía ejemplar
Editorial Pagina Siete: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bolivia’s credit rating from B to B- and has changed the outlook to negative from stable. This is bad news for the country because it will reduce its chances of obtaining external financing and attracting investment; however, beyond that fact, it is a lapidary report because it destroys,…
Acute crisis of confidence – Aguda crisis de confianza
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The Government of Luis Arce is going through perhaps the most critical trance of his two years and four months in office. The teachers’ protests, which are announcing that they are getting worse, the roadblocks in three departments, which do not seem close to an end, and the political pressures that it…
It’s the economy, it’s not politics – Es la economía, no es la política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through moments of uncertainty due to the economic situation. The slow and forceful fall of the Net International Reserves (NIR), together with the lack of transparency in the information provided by the Government, left a climate of fear and doubts among the citizens, in addition to affecting imports and…
A poor man or a sad little man? | ¿Un hombre pobre o un pobre hombre?
Editorial, Página Siete: In his failed attempt to appear like a poor man, former President Evo Morales ends up playing the role of a sad little man. Accustomed as he is to victimizing himself, he says that he has no money, that he is screwed and that he survives on his ex-president’s diet. The point…
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