ANF, Los Tiempos: Jubileo: Bolivia’s external debt multiplied by more than five from 2007 to 2019 Bolivia’s external debt increased fivefold in 12 years, going from 2,208 million dollars in 2007 to 11,268 million dollars in 2019, according to a report prepared by the Jubileo Foundation with data from the Central Bank of Bolivia. Between…
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New stage of social reopening to start in Bolivia – Inicia nueva etapa de reapertura social en Bolivia
MenaFM (en español más abajo): (MENAFN) Supreme Decree 4404, issued on Sunday, Nov. 29 by the administration of President Luis Arce stated that, Bolivia will enter a new stage of social reopening on Dec. 1 with the reactivation of cultural, sports, recreational and religious activities. The reopening will be go step by step and will…
Confusión – Disarray
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Cultures between two discourses What can Bolivians expect from the new Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization? The act of possession counted on the presence of the deep multicultural and multilingual nation; beautiful fabrics, beautiful music, lots of hugs. The second look is more worrisome: why was Sabina Orellana Cruz named…
Reformas necesarias – Crisis – Necessary reforms
Los Tiempos: CEPB suggests reforms in 7 areas to get out of the crisis The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) has proposed to the government of President Luis Arce Catacora to apply structural reforms in seven fiscal areas to overcome the economic crisis with sustainability and projection into the next decade. The first…
La situación real del país – The real situation of the country
Eric Cardenas, Página Siete: Statistics are used to establish the real situation of a society, especially in terms of economic and social performance, citizen Isaac Mamani Huanca in the magazine Ideas of a morning colleague newspaper on the 11th of this month, has compiled a series of data statistics from international organizations and institutions that…
Bolivia is burning
Kareem Rifai, The Michigan Daily: Landlocked Bolivia, a country nestled between regional hotspots Argentina, Chile and Peru, has skyrocketed to the forefront of the global geopolitical struggle. Bolivia’s 2019 election was fraught with allegations of fraud leveled against now-former President Evo Morales. Morales now faces accusations of crimes against humanity due to allegations that he organized food and…
