Editorial, El Deber: Wage increase: hypocrisy and electoral calculation President Luis Arce is in campaign mode. And his decisions are tainted by a desperate search for votes. The polls released so far show that his chances of re-election are minimal, and he knows it—just as he knows that the tools of power (decrees and resolutions)…
Tag: corruption in public office
Elections in August? | ¿Elecciones en agosto?
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: To approve the most recent Constitution, Evo Morales agreed that he would not be a candidate in the next presidential election; this is written in a transitional article of that Magna Carta. He did not keep his word. During his presidency, the legal hectares of coca cultivation almost doubled,…
Use yours, not ours | Usen lo suyo, no lo nuestro
By Andrés Gómez, Visión 360: It is immoral to pay taxes so that they are used in the campaign of a politician who does not represent the thinking or feelings of all citizens. In May 2021, the Finnish Tax Administration commissioned a survey to understand its citizens’ perception of paying taxes. Ninety-five percent of Finns…
The Popularity of “Social Justice” | La popularidad de la “justicia social”
By Antonio Saravia, Vision360: Feelings matter, they are real, and they cannot be dismissed in the process of social construction. Ignoring them, especially in the political process and the development of economic policies, can be fatal for the building of a society that grants increasing freedoms to the individual. I have often criticized in this…
The Worst Legacy of MAS | El peor legado del MAS
Editorial, El Día: In Bolivia, it is not only the economy that has been impoverished; the mind has been impoverished too. While the official narrative boasts of “inclusion” and “redistribution,” what the Movimiento al Socialismo has truly sown during almost two decades in power is a mentality of dependence, resignation, and conformity: a true poverty…
Are there seven differences between Tuto and Dunn? | ¿Hay siete diferencias entre Tuto y Dunn?
By Elmira Lindo, El Pais: With similar biographies and almost identical proposals, the nuances may sway the more liberal militants toward one or the other, but it prevents them from broadening their reach Tuto Quiroga is very liberal, and Jaime Dunn is also very liberal. Both promise to imprison Evo Morales in record time, disregarding…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 