Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: A praise from The Economist It must be the first time that The Economist magazine has put Bolivia on a very short list of countries it wants to praise, among the best of 2020. In its year-end edition, it first mentions New Zealand, for its exemplary handling of the pandemic: only…
Tag: demagogue
¿Quién invertiría? – Who would invest?
Los Tiempos: They warn of flight of foreign investment with indefinite tax on wealth The application of the Tax on Large Fortunes (IGF) indefinitely and not only for two years, represents a disincentive to national and foreign capital that intends to invest in the country, which will seek alternatives in countries such as Paraguay, Uruguay…
errores – masistas – mistakes
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Double or no Christmas bonus Seven out of ten private companies in the country are not in a position to pay the Christmas bonus this year, according to the arguments used by the businessmen of Cochabamba. But the government has decreed that companies that do not pay that extra salary until…
Propósitos para 2021 – Resolutions for 2021
El Diario: Economic analysis We will have to trust that President Luis Arce intends to change his habits of handling state resources now that he can no longer blame his boss for mistakes he makes. According to Mauricio Ríos García, the budget for 2021 can be summarized in more debt, more deficit, more spending and…
Se le perdió el respeto – Respect was lost
Raul Peñaranda, Pagina Siete: From the presidential chair to the chair on the head A month ago I would have gambled on the idea that Evo Morales was invincible in his party, the one who supposedly controls all the strings and has the last word. But it seems that he is not. The chair he…
Goni? evo?
Juan Jose Toro, Pagina Siete: It was a coup If a coup d’état is the takeover of the government of a country with the aid of violence, was that the resignation of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada? No. Nobody put a gun to Goni’s head to make him resign or was he pushed out of the…
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