Editorial, El Día: We are what we think, and in Bolivia we have spent too many years trapped in a comfortable but false narrative. A narrative that, for decades, convinced us that being on the left meant being on the right side of history; that the State had to be big, generous, and omnipresent; that…
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‘Nunca más’: indígenas bolivianos se desencantan del socialismo | ‘Never again’: Indigenous Bolivians sour on socialism
Por AFP, France 24: El Alto (Bolivia) (AFP) – Un gigantesco crucero domina el horizonte de la ciudad de El Alto, en la Bolivia sin litoral, símbolo de la transformación de un bastión indígena que será escenario de una dura disputa en las elecciones presidenciales del domingo. El “Titanic”, como se conoce al edificio más…
Woke and Progressive Illusions: Bolivia’s Imported Ideological Poison | Ilusiones Woke y Progre: El veneno ideológico importado para Bolivia
By Bolivian Thoughts: Across the West, the so-called “woke” and progressive wave has flooded universities, media, and politics. It sells itself as a noble crusade for justice and equality but leaves behind division, moral confusion, and the destruction of shared values. Under its banner of “inclusion,” it imposes rigid dogmas where disagreement is treated as…
“These contracts are unconstitutional and a disgrace to the Bolivian people” | “Estos contratos son anticonstitucionales y una vergüenza para el pueblo boliviano”
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Potosí residents reject contracts for lithium industrialization The Potosí Civic Committee demands that the handling of the contracts be carried out in Potosí and denounces an “unconstitutional” negotiation harmful to the people. The Potosí Civic Committee (Comcipo) is maintaining a firm vigil in front of the Commission on Plural Economy…
The key issue: Individual Land Titling | La clave: Titulación individual de la tierra
By Lourdes Molina, ElDeber: Tuto Quiroga Proposes Individual Land Titling Tuto closed his campaign at the Parque Urbano in Santa Cruz | Photo: Fuad Landívar Tuto ended his campaign in Parque Urbano in Santa Cruz | Photo: Fuad LandívarAlianza Libre closed its campaign in Santa Cruz with a show at Parque Urbano. The alliance’s candidates…
Dollars, TikTok, and “digital gurus”: the other side of Bolivia’s dollar crisis | Dólares, TikTok y “gurús” digitales: la otra cara de la crisis del dólar en Bolivia
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber; Eju.tv: The widespread crisis caused by the shortage of U.S. dollars in Bolivia has given rise to a generation of young social media figures offering financial advice. But can they be trusted? The number of people earning money on social media is growing, driven by the shortage of U.S. dollars…
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