By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Private parties reveal that military attack generated speculation and ask the Government for dialogue to solve the dollar shortage The price of the currency, on the streets, is above the official price The failed military attack on June 26 generated speculation (around the dollar) and damaged the country’s image….
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Bolivia: between the exchange rate crisis and political instability | entre la crisis cambiaria y la inestabilidad política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is at a crucial moment, besieged by a deep economic crisis that is aggravated by recent political instability. A discouraging panorama that contrasts with the economic boom of the last decade, when the country experienced an “economic miracle” with annual growth of more than 4% and a notable reduction in poverty….
Pseudocoup, mistrust and mental health | Pseudogolpe, desconfianza y salud mental
By Cecilia Vargas, Brujula Digital: Bolivians, particularly those of us who live in La Paz, have witnessed events that have marked history due to the fact that it is the seat of government. These facts have been associated, in terms of each family or each person, with particular situations that could lead to classifying our…
Bolivian coup d’état? Nah! – ¿Golpe de Estado en Bolivia? ¡No!
By Carlos Hugo Laruta, Brujula Digital: Kalimán and Zúñiga, false rabbits on the populist menu The Bolivian popular mischief invented a dish called “false rabbit.” It centrally carries one or several slices of tasty, thin and seasoned beef, which wants to appear to be rabbit, but its meat is not rabbit. It has a medium…
Unbridled Hunger for Power | Hambre desenfrenada de poder
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: Evo Morales threatens to block the country’s roads if he is not allowed to run as a candidate. What does he want? According to his cynicism, he wants the full enforcement of the Constitution, a clean and independent judiciary, no judicial coup, the government not using the judiciary as…
The lack of dialogue endangers the stability of the country | La falta de diálogo pone en peligro estabilidad del país
El Diario: The current crisis could deepen further After days of mobilizations and negotiations, a week of protests is approaching as the transportation, health, and trade union sectors demand government attention to their issues, including fuel supply, the solution to the dollar shortage, and the annulment of “forced retirement.” Heavy transport leaders have decided to…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 