Iran and Bolivia’s Strengthening Ties, a Risk for Latin America | Estrechamiento de lazos entre Irán y Bolivia, un riesgo para América Latina

By Juan Delgado/Dialogo Americas: Illustration/Diálogo Bolivian President Luis Arce and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have vowed to strengthen bilateral relations as well as strategic cooperation in health, education, agriculture, and telecommunications, among other sectors, increasing the Islamic Republic’s footprint in Latin America, and setting off alarms in the hemisphere about the various threats to security,…

Social bonds must be eliminated | Los bonos sociales deben eliminarse

Antonio Saravia, El Deber: The state spent over a billion dollars in 2023 financing five social bonds: the Dignity Income, the Juana Azurduy bond, the universal prenatal bond, the Juancito Pinto bond, and the bond for severely disabled people. Of these, the one requiring the most disbursements was the Dignity Income, costing $922 million, which…

El gobierno engaña con el etanol | Gov misleads w ethanol

¿Qué sucederá en Bolivia, que ha permitido que miles de vehículos considerados chatarra en sus países de origen y contrabandeados aquí, como un movimiento demagógico para apaciguar a la población? ¿Es este otro intento de desviar la atención sobre lo mal que van realmente nuestro sistema judicial, nuestra democracia y nuestra situación económica? En cualquier…

Concession and closure of state-owned companies will generate savings for the country | Concesión y cierre de empresas estatales generará ahorro al país

El Diario: Economist argues that it will allow reducing fiscal deficit With the aim of reducing the fiscal deficit in the country’s economy, which for the current management will be 7.80% with respect to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economist Darío Monasterio proposes to apply a system of concession of works for the private sector…

Democratic Leadership | Liderazgo democrático

Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, El Deber: Since childhood, we learn that our destiny depends on an extraordinary, superhuman figure who will come into the world to save us, but will do so according to our obedience to their will. From Christianity to other religions, we venerate the ideas of submission, obedience, and dependency. This is the conservative…