Latin American Advisor reports, as it is highly biased, only. excerpts follow and truth is pointed out inside this type of brackets []: Question: Bolivia’s interim government has postponed the country’s May 3 presidential election amid the coronavirus pandemic. The May vote had been planned as a re-do following the disputed re-election victory and subsequent self-exile…
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Business deficit originated in 14 years – Déficit empresarial originado en 14 años
Editorial from El Diario: Business deficit originated in 14 years In the 14 years of government of Evo Morales and Álvaro García Linera, Bolivia contracted a growing external debt of 11 billion dollars and is 26% of the Gross Domestic Product. The fiscal deficit is 28%, undoubtedly the highest in the country’s economic history due…
MORALES’S OUSTER LEAVES BOLIVIA’S ECONOMY IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
By John Manning, International Banker It’s been an eventful last few months for Bolivia, especially since October, when then-President Evo Morales, the country’s leader for more than 13 years, was forced from his position on the back of a disputed election. One of the most economically successful of Latin America’s new crop of leftist leaders who…
War: unity, resilience and creativity – Guerra: unidad, resiliencia y creatividad
Gonzalo Chavez writes in Pagina Siete: War: unity, resilience and creativity A major economic crisis is looming. Black clouds loaded with rays of instability are approaching from the external front. The coronavirus stops the national and world economy in its tracks. The forecast: sharp slowdown in the Bolivian economy and even recession. In domestic politics,…
The hidden inheritances – Las herencias ocultas
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The hidden inheritances Contrary to what happens in some novels or movies, in which the character is surprised because someone left him some inheritance that he did not expect, in Bolivia inheritances left by MAS are being discovered, which are, in reality, time bombs. The joy with which the…
The MAS again? – ¿El MAS otra vez?
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The MAS again? The ideal political system does not exist. Democracy theory advocates a multi-party political system, such that no political organization has more than two-thirds in Parliament. The MAS had it and in almost 14 years it ruled authoritatively, erasing the checks and balances of a healthy democracy….
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