Editorial, El Diario: Evo did not make any structural changes Luis Arce Catacora, MAS presidential candidate and former Minister of Economy of former President Evo Morales, protected by his ignorance of political economy, declared, in an abstract way, that during his time in power, the MAS made “structural changes” in reality of the country, but…
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Estado fallido – Failed state
Oscar Espinosa, El Diario: Failed plurinational state The Plurinational State of Bolivia was instituted to create a state for President Evo Morales to rule as monarch. The MAS government during the almost 14 years of government dominated the three powers of the state: Executive, Legislative and Judicial and the Electoral Tribunal. In this way, he…
Moody’s cuts Bolivia to B2
Daniel Bases, Latin Finance: Ratings agency cites erosion of fiscal and currency reserve buffers, weak hydrocarbon sector Moody’s on Tuesday cut Bolivia’s foreign currency sovereign credit rating further deeper into junk territory, reducing the rating to B2 from B1, citing diminishing fiscal and foreign currency reserves. At the same time the rating was lowered, the…
Ni olvido, ni perdón – Neither forget nor forgiveness
Editorial, El Diario: How much damage was done and pretends to be forgotten When Mr. Morales was the winner of the December 2005 elections and assumed the Presidency of the Republic, there was a good deal of satisfaction in the country because it was assumed that there would be important changes for the benefit of…
Estupro y comunicación – Rape and communication
Edgar Ramos, El Diario: Evo, Alejandro Entrambasaguas and the science of communication 1.- The Evo-Rape case – under police investigation – may be remembered in the future as the “Bolivian Watergate with delayed effect,” in memory of journalists Woodward and Bernstein, whose insightful investigation led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon, in August…
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