By Brujula Digital: Government decides to repeal four taxes, including those on large fortunes and financial transfers In addition, taxes on gambling and corporate promotions will be annulled. “These four taxes do not represent more than 1% of tax revenue,” said the Minister of Economy. President Paz and the Minister of Economy at this morning’s…
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Better for the Government if He Goes | Mejor para el Gobierno que Se Vaya
By Raúl Peñaranda, Brújula Digital: The cost of keeping Lara vs. the cost of expelling him Today, the scenarios are reduced to weighing the pros and cons of formally removing him from government or maintaining this permanent noise produced by the vice president. Edmand Lara/Screenshot At this point, everything indicates that the rupture between President…
Judicial Hitmen | Los sicarios judiciales
By William Herrera, El Deber: The national courts and tribunals are full of judicial hitmen who were (and will continue to be) at the service of the MAS regime. During the 20 years of Evo Morales and Luis Arce, the judicial system (there are always exceptions) served the political power. The Ministry of Justice had…
An Absurd Fight Two Weeks In | Una pelea absurda a dos semanas de gobierno
By Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: The Legacy of Disorder: A Bloated State, Internal Fractures, and a Country on the Brink of Collapse The country has awakened to the institutional hangover left by nearly two decades of MAS rule. And what we are seeing in these first days of the new administration is not exactly a ray…
Clash Between Paz and Lara Over a Ministry, Quotas, and Power | Paz y Lara chocan por un ministerio, cuotas y poder
By Yolanda Mamani, El Deber: Rodrigo Paz and Edmand Lara. Photos: APG and Vice-Presidency The head of state reveals that the Justice Ministry was a power quota requested by Vice President Edmand Lara, for whom he backed away from his promise to eliminate that ministry. Lara protests on TikTok over changes in the Executive Branch….
Illegal Gold: Rapid Destruction in Bolivia’s Amazon | Oro ilegal: destrucción acelerada en la Amazonía boliviana
By Brujula Digital: Report: Illegal gold mining in Bolivia is growing and causing severe impacts Bolivia’s Amazon is undergoing rapid degradation linked to alluvial mining, especially in the departments of La Paz, Beni, and Pando. Dredges and barges operate in rivers such as the Kaka, Beni, Madre de Dios, and Orthon. Illegal gold mining is…
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