By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Industrials reject wage increase proposal and warn of more inflation, unemployment, and smuggling The COB proposed a 20% wage increase / Photo: Social media The National Chamber of Industries (CNI) maintains that the 20% wage increase proposal put forward by the Bolivian Workers’ Center would worsen the economic crisis and…
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“To raise wages without productivity is equivalent to cordially inviting insolvency” | “Aumentar salarios sin productividad equivale a invitar cordialmente a la insolvencia”
By Unitel: Warns analyst Chávez Analyst Gonzalo Chávez brought to the table the COB’s demand for a 20% wage increase and the government’s decision to raise the national minimum wage by that same percentage after lifting fuel subsidies [Photo: UNITEL] / Analyst Gonzalo Chávez. In a text published on his social media accounts, analyst Gonzalo…
Bolivia in the world and… | Bolivia en el mundo y…
By Brújula Digital: Bolivia is not off the map due to lack of location, but due to lack of consistency. It has the elements to be a regional articulator—position, resources, potential demand—but lacks a collective will to turn that potential into reality. The most recent session of Diálogos al Café Marcos Escudero brought to the table a…
COB mobilizations and pressure lack justification | Movilización y presiones de la COB no tienen justificativo
By El Diario: The citizens are harmed. With the start of mobilizations by the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) as a way to pressure the Government to address its 2026 list of demands, the deputy for Autonomía Para Bolivia (APB-Súmate), Diego Brañez Leaños, questioned that this sector mobilizes its bases at a time when the country…
Bolivia doesn’t need another miracle resource; it needs direction | Bolivia no necesita otro recurso milagro, necesita dirección
By Oscar Antezana, El Dia: In the previous article, we argued that Bolivia faces a structural problem: the absence of a clear economic strategy. This shortcoming is not new. It is reflected in a pattern the country has repeated for decades. From time to time, a resource emerges that promises to transform the economy. First…
The administration has not begun | La gestión no ha empezado
Editorial, El Dia: As uncomfortable as it may be to say, the administration of Rodrigo Paz has not yet begun. And this is not said by his critics; it is suggested by the Government itself when it announces, only now, the submission of a package of structural laws that —in theory— will set the country’s…
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