Editorial, Página Siete: In high places as in the underworld It is not common for a minister to fall red-handed. In general, corruption in political spheres is white collar, difficult to track and with the use of straw owners, emissaries, third parties or bribery collectors. Not for that it is better. All corruption is harmful…
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State still faces five arbitrations in external courts – Estado aún enfrenta cinco arbitrajes en tribunales externos
Pagina Siete: There are unresolved lawsuits from Glencore, AFPs, Orlandini mining company and Soboce. The State still faces five international arbitration lawsuits for the nationalization of mines and affecting the contracts of the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP), among others. The information was presented by the State Attorney General’s Office (PGE), during the Initial Public Accountability…
One billion dollars would lose the State! – ¡Mil millones de dólares perdería el Estado!
Editorial, El Diario: The country is in a moment of great danger, as it is about to lose the fabulous sum of one billion dollars, in a badly conceived, badly built business and due to a series of unforeseen events. The significant sum of money was invested by the State eight years ago. Its name…
On economy and employment – Sobre economía y empleo
Editorial, Pagina Siete: A survey carried out by researchers Rodolfo Eróstegui and Rafael Cerff to 48 productive and service companies in Bolivia, brought interesting results. The objective of the survey was to know the situation that the country’s companies are going through and the changes they suffered due to the pandemic in our territory. First,…
Evo Morales’ party defeated in local Bolivia elections
La Prensa Latina: La Paz, Apr 12 (EFE).- The governing Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), headed by former President Evo Morales, was defeated in the gubernatorial races in four Bolivian provinces in Sunday’s second electoral round, according to preliminary results that on Monday indicate that opposition party candidates handily prevailed in those races. Voters in La…
The failure of MAS – El fracaso del MAS
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Memories of the present When the raw materials boom and the greatest waste in the country’s history have passed, in addition to the cowardly flight of its cowardly leader, the MAS has only one flag left: having created the “plurinational state.” What that plurinational means will have to be asked to…
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