By Erbol: Reveals he warned him it was a crime Soliz accuses Lara of receiving toys from Chinese gold traffickers The former official pointed to Lara for receiving handouts from traffickers. Former Vice Presidency official Jaime Soliz stated this Tuesday that Edmand Lara has received toys to give away from Chinese gold traffickers, despite having…
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MAS’s Industrial Failures | Fracaso industrial del MAS
By El Deber: Five State-Owned Companies Left $1.294 Billion in Damage and Never Industrialized Anything Easba, Quipus, YLB, EBIH, and Yacana were created during 20 years of MAS government to generate surpluses and added value, but they operate at a loss, with high indebtedness and minimal production. They were sustained by loans from the Central…
Senate blocks 2026 Budget | Senado frena el Presupuesto 2026
By Brujula Digital: Senate rejects the 2026 State Budget over its spending-focused approach The full Senate rejected on Thursday the bill for the 2026 General State Budget (PGE), despite the measure having been approved the previous day by the Chamber of Deputies. The decision followed a vote in which the document failed to secure the…
Oversized Plant Threatens Llamas | Planta sobredimensionada amenaza a las llamas
By Unitel: The Oruro camelid plant is so large that if it operates at 100% “we are going to wipe out the llamas,” warns the office of public enterprises “It’s not that the plant will only be used a little; either it works or it doesn’t. They didn’t think about feeding these camelids, they didn’t…
Zombie Firms Cost Billions | Empresas zombi cuestan miles de millones
By Erbol: Zombie Companies and the ‘Industrialization Scam’ Wasted US$2.595 Billion Lupo presented the figures of the “waste.” The government presented on Monday the figures of what it called the “great waste” and “corruption” of MAS governments in initiatives such as the creation of state-owned companies that ended up bankrupt, becoming “zombies,” and the “scam”…
Urban Mestizaje Emerges | Emerge el mestizaje urbano
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Bolivia, the unfolding of multiple mestizajes When analyzing the first round of the national elections of August 2025, we observe that the legitimacy of the Plurinational State founded by the MAS in the 2009 Constitution has collapsed; it may continue to exist in the wording of that Constitution, but it…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 