A well-thought Editorial from El Diario: The second Christmas bonus offered by the government for both the public and private sectors will be $4,751 million Bolivianos ($682.6 million dollars) more or less, which, in the conditions of poverty in which the country is debating, results in a expense contrary to any foresight of judgment and…
Tag: government failures
Foresters fear the suffocation of the sector because of the second Christmas bonus
Alvaro Rosales reports for El Deber: ECONOMY In the last 6 years more than 3000 production units have been closed between micro, small, medium and large, more than 25,000 workers have been fired, they fear that the situation will worsen The forestry industry works within the framework of sustainability and its actors see a gray…
Gas production and social crisis [evo’s wrongdoings]
An striking Editorial from El Diario: After the succession of setbacks that it suffered during this year, the country faces a panorama that is accentuated before the presence of other difficult and harsh problems to be solved. Among the latter is the one referred to the production of hydrocarbons that has entered in a moment…
More than 100 families do not find justice [under evo’s presidency: Bolivians are being murdered]
El Diario reports: Victims of social conflicts in 12 years According to data from the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights, from 2006 to date, more than a hundred deaths were recorded and no case was clarified The former Ombudsman Rolando Villena assured that justice has not assumed responsibility and because of the abuse of power…
Dangerous growth of external debt [… evo’s legacy!]
A good Editorial from El Diario, photo from Pagina Siete [03/25/2018]: When the times of financial boom have passed and it is necessary to live with what little you have, it is worrisome and dangerous that the government is determined to increase the country’s external debt. There are announcements that “there will be a new…
For a Growing Number of Voters in Bolivia, Their President Is Overstaying His Welcome
Stratfor reports: With President Evo Morales’ once immense support in decline, Bolivia’s next presidential election, in October 2019, risks becoming a flashpoint for political unrest — though Morales likely remains just popular enough to win re-election. In February 2016, Morales asked voters to remove presidential term limits from the constitution. After a bare majority said no, Morales…
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