Editorial, El Diario: After nearly 20 years of MAS-led governments, with the interim administration of Jeanine Áñez in between, the general elections next year present an opportunity to correct the enormous mistakes made during this period. As public opinion has repeatedly pointed out, public institutions have been dismantled, particularly when they were taken over as…
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‘¡Todo está caro!’ Bolivia enfrenta un colapso económico impactante | ‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse
Por PAOLA FLORES and ISABEL DEBRE, AP News: Una mujer camina junto a una fila de conductores de camiones que esperan llenar sus tanques de diésel en El Alto, Bolivia, el martes 26 de noviembre de 2024. (Foto AP/Juan Karita) ARCHIVO – Carteles escritos a mano con mensajes que dicen en español: “Exigimos soluciones del gobierno”, “Arce, no…
Ex-anti-drug chief faces life imprisonment in the United States | Exjefe antidroga se expone a condena de cadena perpetua en Estados Unidos
By Ariel Melgar, El Deber: Maximiliano Dávila Pérez is accused of alleged criminal association to import controlled substances, a crime that carries a sentence of 20 years to life imprisonment in the northern country where he will be tried. The former national director of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn), Maximiliano Dávila Pérez,…
Citizens take to the streets with the ‘Anillazo’ to demand structural changes and early elections | Ciudadanos toman las calles con el ‘Anillazo’ para exigir cambios estructurales y adelanto de elecciones
By Mauricio Quiroz Terán, El Deber: Thousands of Citizens Take the Streets of Santa Cruz to Protest the Economic Crisis Thousands of citizens, including representatives of Santa Cruz institutions, took to the second ring road to express their discontent with the government of President Luis Arce and to demand urgent measures to address the growing…
RUBIO: CAN ONE SWALLOW REALLY BRING SUMMER? | ¿UNA GOLONDRINA QUE TRAERÁ VERANO?
By Oscar Antezana Malpartida: Just as it was once said that Javier Milei would become a fresh breeze of right-wing politics for Latin America—and hopefully he will—Marco Rubio, not the Republican Party or Donald Trump, represents hope for Latin America, and, hopefully, for Bolivia as well. Marco Rubio is currently a United States Senator from…
“More Debt and Pressure on International Reserves and Devaluation” – 2025 – “Más deuda y presión en las reservas internacionales y devaluación”
By Unitel; Omar Pereyra, Eju.tv: Analyst Says PGE 2025 Predicts “More Debt and Pressure on International Reserves and Devaluation” “Without legal security, without attracting foreign investment, without increasing exports, and without reducing public spending, it is impossible to solve this crisis,” stated economist Jaime Dunn. Economist Jaime Dunn points out that the draft General State…
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