By El Diario: Analyst Álvaro Ríos in an interview with EL DIARIO The oil crisis reopens the subsidy issue, strains dollar reserves, and exposes structural flaws in YPFB and Bolivia’s fuel logistics. Analyst and former Minister of Hydrocarbons Álvaro Ríos, in an interview with EL DIARIO, warned that Bolivia must react “immediately” to the rise…
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Subnational elections reshape Bolivia’s regional power | Elecciones subnacionales redefinen el poder regional en Bolivia
By Erbol: SUBNATIONAL ELECTIONS Between emerging alliances and MAS legacies, regional power in Bolivia is being reshaped The subnational elections have produced a new regional political map, where positions of representation have been distributed among different political forces that will now take center stage in this new political phase. Some alliances have confirmed their emergence…
Can Bolivia Find Its Direction? | ¿Puede Bolivia encontrar su rumbo?
By Oscar Heredia, Brujula Digital: The Crisis of Confidence: Citizens must be an active part in building a more prosperous and stable future for the country. It is time for political leaders to reach agreements and work for the good of the nation. Photo ABI. Files. The lack of ideological clarity among candidates and the…
THE FALSE SHORTCUT AGAINST INFORMALITY IN BOLIVIA | EL FALSO ATAJO CONTRA LA INFORMALIDAD EN BOLIVIA
By Oscar Antezana: Bolivia lives with one of the highest levels of informality in Latin America. Around 70–80% of employment is generated outside the formal system. Faced with this reality, the most frequently repeated prescription is to reduce taxes in order to attract informal workers into legality. In this context, one of the recurring proposals…
Cut Spending or Deepen the Crisis | Reducir el gasto o profundizar la crisis
By El Diario: The Government Must Reduce Spending; Not Making the Adjustment Would Deepen the Crisis The economic crisis generated and inherited from previous governments has as one of its main causes the excessive growth of public spending, with a heavy bureaucratic burden and loss-making state companies, in a context of falling revenues. The new…
Retirement Pay at Risk | Jubilaciones en peligro
By El Pais: Pension Funds: The Last Snapshot Before Official Silence Thirteen months, 29.5 billion dollars (as of February 2026), and 2.7 million contributors: the SIP portfolio reveals how the Bolivian State financed its most severe crisis with workers’ pension savings. In December 2025, President Rodrigo Paz Pereira set off a nationwide alarm. “Your contributions…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 