Andrés Gómez Vela, Los Tiempos: The 3 myths to overcome before the bicentennial At various times in the 198 years that Bolivia has been independent, we have been inventing stories to prevent “believers” from seeing the reality of things. These myths provided mental categories that shaped the mind of Bolivians and limited their expectations regarding…
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Stupidity and Pragmatism | Estupidez y Pragmatismo
Editorial, El Dia: Luis Arce no longer has an economic model, he has no ideology, he has no discourse and, what is worse, he no longer has money, which was what allowed the MAS regime to play at being a socialist, giving away gifts with full hands, promising paradise to the poor and making life…
The shortage of dollars weakens the economy – La escasez de dólares debilita la economía
El Diario: The Millennium Foundation holds The shortage of the US currency in the country weakens the national economy, points out a report from the Millennium Foundation; meanwhile, the Government highlights the low inflation with a cost for Bolivians of 2,000 million dollars in subsidies, added to this price controls. The Minister of Economy and…
Fighting corruption is possible with determination | Combatir la corrupción es posible con decisión
Editorial, El Diario: Announcements about possible measures to be adopted to combat corruption are permanent and come from the government, public institutions and political parties. It is obvious that citizens support everything that is done to prevent more cases of corruption, because it is an evil that harms everyone, considering that the embezzlement of economic…
Irresponsible ineptocracy? Delusional ochlocracy? Or just plain masismo?! – ¿Ineptocracia irresponsable? ¿Oclocracia ilusoria? ¡¿O simplemente masismo?!
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Secret reserves The government decided to leave the study for next year to find out the situation of natural gas reserves in the country, delayed since 2018. The last report, carried out by a specialized company, established that the reserves were 8.6 TCF (which means trillion cubic feet). Experts calculate that…
NO tenemos capacidad para combatir la corrupción 👎🏽 We DON’T have the capacity to combat corruption
2023 – Americas Quarterly: El Índice de Capacidadpara Combatir laCorrupción (CCC) Evaluando la capacidad de BOLIVIA para detectar, castigar y prevenir la corrupción Bolivia se mantuvo en el puesto 14 del Índice, posición que ocupa desde el 2020. El país experimentó su retroceso más significativo en la categoría de sociedad civil y medios de comunicación,…
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