Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The real armor The construction boom that took place in Cochabamba has built so many apartments that most apartment buildings are empty. If these buildings had been done with money from the bank, this would be a bubble, as it was in the United States. But the bank arrears…
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German Ambassador knows better than the masistas!
Erbol reports in Pagina Siete: From GERMANY Ambassador sees “complicated” to invest in Bolivia The German Ambassador to Bolivia, Peter Linder said that investing in the country still is complicated by the lack of regulations to ensure legal certainty to foreign companies. “The issue of investment is still complicated because the current environment, from a…
Bolivian Politics 101: Failed socialism is a hundred years old
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: Failed socialism is a hundred years old The history of failed socialism has numerous details and a long history that must be taken into account in the observation and analysis of Bolivian politics. This study may be valuable for orientation amid the vicissitudes of this ideology in the course…
The debate on the second Christmas bonus
This week, newspaper El Mundo reported that seven people out of every ten in Bolivia work in the informal sector… thus, the demagogue ruling ochlocracy has forced the legal sector to pay a second Christmas bonus… in the last nine years, the size of the public service has increased exponentially, including a large portion of…
A possible agenda for the liberal opposition
Javier Paz writes in El Deber: A possible agenda for the liberal opposition The next legislature will be controlled by the ruling party. Therefore, we can assume that laws out there will give more power to the state at the expense of the freedom of citizens. Opposition lawmakers, in most cases, have a testimonial role…
Indisputable truth: Crisis of leadership in the MAS
An Editorial from El Dia: Crisis of leadership in the MAS Whenever we talk about “leadership crisis” it is exemplified by MAS, which by some people, have created the leader with greater force in the history of Bolivia. Those who say that forget great leaders like Victor Paz, René Barrientos, Gualberto Villarroel, Hugo Banzer, Juan…
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