By Diego Ayo, El Deber: To jail with the Camba terrorists! The ideology that Evo Morales staunchly defended is called victimhood. He wasn’t right-wing, he wasn’t left-wing: he was a victim. “They have done to me, they have said to me, they have offended me.” That’s the axis of his discourse. Did you commit fraud,…
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Boom Turned to Bust | Auge convertido en fracaso
By Matthew Bristow and Sergio Mendoza, Bloomberg, Yahoo News: Bolivia’s Boom Has Turned to Bust, Fueling an Unlikely Presidential Comeback Bid (Bloomberg) — In the thin air of El Alto, just below the Andean snowline, shoppers hunt for bargains at stalls selling cheap shoes, school books, cookware or counterfeit clothing. Signs of Bolivia’s emerging financial…
Crisis reflected in the Bolivian economy is not temporary | Crisis reflejada en economía boliviana no es transitoria
From El Diario: Former director of the Central Bank, BCB José Gabriel Espinoza, former director of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), deemed the “crisis” apparent in certain figures of the Bolivian economy as “not temporary,” forecasting that the situation this year will not be better than in 2023. According to data recorded in the…
Deficit of 7.5% since 2014 | Déficit de 7,5% desde 2014
By Brújula Digital: Economists to Arce: the country has been carrying a deficit of 7.5% since 2014 and YPFB no longer exports $6.6 billion A rural family. Photo: Social Media President Luis Arce asserted on Monday that “Bolivia is not in crisis” and stated that “we are experiencing economic sabotage.” Economic analysts reminded him that…
The need for dollars and camouflage in works | La necesidad de dólares y el camuflaje en obras
Germán Huanca Luna, Urgente.bo: We repeat, the Social Community Productive Economic Model of the MAS does not work. The government takes advantage of the ignorance in economic matters of the social organizations and uses political blackmail for the approval of credits. Although the origin of the economic crisis and the lack of dollars has been…
Census during Morales’ administration was “useless” | Censo durante gestión de Morales fue “inservible”
El Diario: Quiroga asserts that the Census during Morales’ administration was “useless” There is a perception of Morales’ responsibility for the 2012 Census, a measurement lacking final results. Following the criticisms made by Evo Morales regarding the organization and budget allocated for the execution of the National Population and Housing Census 2024, former President Jorge…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 