By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula Digital: Whale Skin I confess that my capacity for amazement remains intact: “I can’t understand” (as the Chapare cacique always says) the cynicism that protects certain national political figures like a bulletproof vest. These individuals seem impervious to everything, including direct accusations about their ethical and moral, not just political,…
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Is This the End of an Era? | ¿Final de ciclo?
By Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, El Deber: In an unlikely turn of events, the presidential spokesperson for Luis Arce Catacora has announced, following a detailed analysis, the end of the cycle of the so-called “Process of Change” that gave rise to the Plurinational State and its “communitarian model”. In essence, Jorge Richter has certified the failure of…
Fitch downgrades Bolivia’s rating | Fitch baja la calificación de Bolivia
The Star: Fitch cut the country to CCC from B- after reserves dipped by US$2.1bil last year to just US$1.7bil. — Bloomberg LA PAZ: Bolivia was downgraded further into junk territory by Fitch Ratings, which says falling international reserves threaten the nation’s ability to service its debt. Fitch cut the country to CCC from B-…
FALSE LEADERS, MUD IDOLS | FALSOS LÍDERES, ÍDOLOS DE BARRO
Editorial, El Dia: They have just inaugurated a monument to the former mining leader and former parliamentarian, Filemón Escobar in the city of Catavi Potosí and social networks were quickly filled with praise, extolling the “great leader”, the “social fighter”, the “champion of transformation”. and a series of praises worthy of a saint. The most…
NO tenemos capacidad para combatir la corrupción 👎🏽 We DON’T have the capacity to combat corruption
2023 – Americas Quarterly: El Índice de Capacidadpara Combatir laCorrupción (CCC) Evaluando la capacidad de BOLIVIA para detectar, castigar y prevenir la corrupción Bolivia se mantuvo en el puesto 14 del Índice, posición que ocupa desde el 2020. El país experimentó su retroceso más significativo en la categoría de sociedad civil y medios de comunicación,…
Masistas labeled themselves as the “moral reserve of humanity” – Los masistas se etiquetaron como la “reserva moral de la humanidad”
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Cabinet corruption There were six changes in the cabinet of ministers of Luis Arce in the two and a half years that he is president, four of them happened due to acts at odds with the law committed by the high officials involved. In a 17-member ministry team, those four cases represent…
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