By Visión 360: Corruption His lawyer stated that the former director of the Indigenous Fund repeatedly refused to submit to a plea bargain for a crime he did not commit. Marco Antonio Aramayo in an archive photo. Marco Aramayo, son of Marco Antonio Aramayo Caballero, former director of the Indigenous Fund, who denounced corruption in…
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Resolver la Crisis o Enfrentar la Caída | Solve the Crisis or Face the Fall
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: Bolivia al Límite: A Bolivia se le acaba el tiempo. Las distorsiones económicas de los últimos quince años han creado una tormenta perfecta: escasez de combustible, un mercado del dólar asfixiado, reservas colapsando y creciente tensión social. No es una crisis accidental; es el resultado previsible del intervencionismo, las instituciones politizadas y…
The virtual dollar price gets closer and closer to the BCB’s reference value | Precio del dólar virtual se acerca cada vez más al valor referencial del BCB
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: The price of the dollar continues to plunge/Photo: Archive The reference value of the U.S. currency established by the Central Bank of Bolivia had abruptly lowered its rate: Bs 8.80 for buying and Bs 8.88 for selling. The value of the cryptocurrency or “stablecoin” USDT had also fallen from Bs…
Arce Linked to Major Embezzlement | Arce vinculado a gran desfalco
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: Corruption Minister Oviedo: Arce faces five crimes and is the main person responsible for the embezzlement of Bs 360 million from the Indigenous Fund According to authorities, the financial damage to the State amounts to 360 million bolivianos. Likewise, he explained that Arce is being prosecuted for his actions when…
Government bets on “gradualism,” but the economy requires shock measures | Gobierno apuesta por el “gradualismo”, pero economía requiere medidas de shock
By El Diario: “Gradualism” is part of the economic management of Rodrigo Paz’s government, in a political, economic, and financial scenario that is not the most favorable for implementing shock measures, but it must be reversed or readjusted as soon as possible, and a concrete and feasible economic plan must be presented, according to economic…
Bolivia facing the collapse of the myth of the coca leaf | Bolivia ante el derrumbe del mito de la hoja de coca
By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
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