By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Bolivia faces a severe energy crisis /Photo: Ricardo Montero Transport workers spend the night at gas stations in Cochabamba, residents accuse soldiers of favoritism in Guarayos, and social media videos reveal the irregular exit of fuel in Mapiri and Guanay. The fuel crisis in Bolivia is deepening. In Cochabamba, transport…
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The new president will inherit a country with inflation, deficit, and scarce income | El nuevo presidente recibirá un país con inflación, déficit y pocos ingresos
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Amid the crisis, many families have been forced to adjust their budgets due to rising food prices. /Photo: JC Torrejón Inflation has surpassed 16.9% so far this year, the fiscal deficit is over 10% of GDP, and the parallel dollar exchange rate is far above the official one. The next…
Elecciones presidenciales en Bolivia: lo que hay que saber | What to Know About Bolivia’s Presidential Election
Por Genevieve Glatsky, The New York Times: Una crisis económica y las luchas internas en el partido de izquierda que ha dominado la política boliviana en los últimos años podrían allanar el camino para el primer presidente de derecha en décadas. Bolivia celebra el domingo unas elecciones presidenciales que, según muchos analistas, terminarán con las…
Diplomacy in Times of Fiscal Adjustment: Should Embassies Be Closed? | Diplomacia en tiempos de ajuste fiscal: ¿Hay que cerrar embajadas?
By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: The establishment of diplomatic missions between two states is not an act of ideological loyalty, personal sympathy between heads of state, nor a matter of political improvisation. Bolivia has been facing a recurring fiscal deficit for over eleven years, an external debt surpassing $13 billion, and a steady loss of…
What Were We Thinking 20 Years Ago | En qué pensábamos hace 20 años
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…
‘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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 