By Francesco Zaratti: The analysis of Bolivia’s energy sector in 2025 distinguishes two periods, with the government change as the dividing line: (1) from January to October, and (2) November and December. Before Supreme Decree (DS) 5503, we suffered from the fuel supply crisis and the effects of the erratic policy applied over the last…
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Putting the House in Order | La casa en orden
By El Diario: For the country to start moving forward after the two infamous decades of MAS rule, the house must be put in order, President Rodrigo Paz repeats in the early hours of 2026. The goblins must be expelled, the ghosts, everything left behind by the party of the cocalero Morales after taking everything…
The Two Bolivian Models | Los dos modelos bolivianos
Editorial, El Dia: In Bolivia, two very different ways of understanding work, wealth, and time coexist. This is not a cultural or regionalist debate in any superficial sense; it is a profound difference in business models. On one side, there is the short-term extractive model, shaped by the logic of the lucky break. On the…
MAS’s Industrial Failures | Fracaso industrial del MAS
By El Deber: Five State-Owned Companies Left $1.294 Billion in Damage and Never Industrialized Anything Easba, Quipus, YLB, EBIH, and Yacana were created during 20 years of MAS government to generate surpluses and added value, but they operate at a loss, with high indebtedness and minimal production. They were sustained by loans from the Central…
A delusional Vice President Breaks with Paz | Un vicepresidente enajenado rompe con Paz
By Baldwin Montero, Vision 360: The rift between Paz and Lara deepens, and the Vice President digs in at his office The Vice President said that Paz Pereira governs only for the rich and is breaking his promise not to indebt the country. He claimed he has been sidelined and that a case is being…
Oversized Plant Threatens Llamas | Planta sobredimensionada amenaza a las llamas
By Unitel: The Oruro camelid plant is so large that if it operates at 100% “we are going to wipe out the llamas,” warns the office of public enterprises “It’s not that the plant will only be used a little; either it works or it doesn’t. They didn’t think about feeding these camelids, they didn’t…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 