By Milton Condori, Vision 360: MAS Government Used International Reserves to Sustain the Fixed Exchange Rate for 15 Years, Analysts Say That exchange-rate regime dates back to 2011 and remained in force during the time the governments of the blue party were in power. This week, the government of Rodrigo Paz abolished it. The exchange…
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Agreement or Capitulation? | ¿Acuerdo o capitulación?
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: When Rodrigo Paz came to power, the COB, the social movements, and the “moral reserve” of society were in ruins, carrying on their shoulders the stigma of corruption and the collapse of values. By repealing Supreme Decree 5503, the government reinvented the COB; it brought a dead organization back to…
Economic Language and Public Perception | Lenguaje económico y percepción ciudadana
By German Huanca, Urgente.bo: Macroeconomic figures have a dangerous characteristic: they can be technically correct yet politically lethal when communicated without context. Bolivia’s new government learned that lesson the hard way, and the cost has been paid in credibility, becoming part of the narrative sustained throughout the 50 days of protests. Shortly after taking office,…
The COB After the Deluge: Anatomy of a Petition Between Epic and Ridicule | La COB después del diluvio: Anatomía de un pliego petitorio entre la épica y el ridículo
By Gonzalo Chávez, Unitel: There are documents that are read and documents that are endured. The petition submitted by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) on June 15, 2026, grandiosely titled, in the characteristic style of the genre, “Minimum Agenda for a Great National Dialogue,” decidedly belongs to the second category. Not because of its intellectual…
Anyone Who Does Not Respect Bolivia’s Sovereignty Must Be Expelled | Quien no respete la soberanía de Bolivia debe ser expulsado
By El Diario: Against External Interference After a delegation of left-wing Argentine activists was detained at the international airport in the city of El Alto, preventing a supposed verification of the human rights situation amid the current social conflicts, legislators from different political forces agreed that the immediate expulsion of any person who arrives in…
Mothers Trapped in Informal Employment | Madres atrapadas en la informalidad laboral
By Valentina H. Rubin de Celis, El Pais: Between Caregiving and the Informal Economy Between 70% and 85% of women work in the informal economy, meaning they lack job stability, health insurance, and retirement contributions. The situation becomes even more difficult when motherhood is added to the equation. Care Work Is Essential, Yet Invisible More…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 