El Diario: Filas en surtidores de La Paz. Faced with fuel crisis In 18 years of the MAS in power, the economy was not restructured Questioning that after almost 18 years of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) in power, with speeches and promises about “living well” through an economy based on anti-capitalist values, there is…
Tag: demagogue
Is there a crisis in Bolivia or not? | ¿Hay o no crisis en Bolivia?
Gonzalo Chávez, El Deber: The ideological delirium in which the Government finds itself drives it to control the entire spectrum of economic and political analysis. It defines what a crisis is, in its image and likeness, it determines which indicators do or do not measure a crisis and from this, it builds a propaganda narrative…
Judicial vacuum | Vacío judicial
William Herrera, El Deber: Far from changing and improving the Judiciary, it remains in free fall. That the legislators have not carried out the preselection and election of the new authorities of the High Courts means entering not only into an unprecedented and dangerous judicial vacuum, but also constitutes a true failure for the national…
A subsidy that is difficult to sustain | Una subvención difícil de sostener
Editorial, El Deber: For almost a decade, the Bolivian economy has had a worrying fiscal deficit, mostly attributed to the subsidy of imported hydrocarbons. It is undeniable that the subsidized price of gasoline and diesel has contributed to containing inflation and has generated economic benefits, which means that any attempt to eliminate it faces social…
The more government, the more poverty | A más gobierno, más pobreza
Editorial, El Dia: As the government runs out of money, its defects begin to become more clearly visible: there is no diesel, debts increase, there is a shortage of dollars, the inability to attend to emergencies such as drought, lack of water, serious fires and political discrepancies also arise that in the past were resolved…
Judicial elections | Elecciones judiciales
Editorial, LosTiempos: On December 31 at midnight —as established by the Political Constitution of the State (CPE)—, the highest authorities of the Judicial Branch end their mandate and must be replaced, at the beginning of January 2024, by others elected in elections that are impossible to hold on time. In these circumstances—as a former constitutional…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 