By Brújula Digital: Null votes reached 19.29% and blank votes 2.45%. With these results, Paz and Quiroga will face each other in a runoff scheduled for October 19 of this year. Image from Sirepre at 95.41% of the quick vote count. Photo: Screenshot. With 95.41% of the tally sheets processed by the Preliminary Results System…
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Conteo oficial en Bolivia muestra al centrista Rodrigo Paz en inesperada ventaja | Official Bolivia presidential count shows centrist Rodrigo Paz in surprise lead
Por Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao, Reuters: LA PAZ, 17 ago (Reuters) – Los primeros resultados oficiales en Bolivia mostraron al centrista Rodrigo Paz, del Partido Demócrata Cristiano, liderando la elección presidencial del domingo con un sorpresivo 32,04% de los votos, según el tribunal electoral del país. El expresidente conservador Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, de la…
Dollars, TikTok, and “digital gurus”: the other side of Bolivia’s dollar crisis | Dólares, TikTok y “gurús” digitales: la otra cara de la crisis del dólar en Bolivia
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber; Eju.tv: The widespread crisis caused by the shortage of U.S. dollars in Bolivia has given rise to a generation of young social media figures offering financial advice. But can they be trusted? The number of people earning money on social media is growing, driven by the shortage of U.S. dollars…
Fuel shortages persist | Persiste la escasez de combustibles
Editorial, El Diario: Amid the current fuel shortage in the country, which has been gradually worsening, the current government has only produced debatable arguments and accusations to shift blame onto others. It was said that road blockades organized some time ago by followers of “evismo,” particularly in Cochabamba, worsened the situation; or that external factors,…
Let’s Vote So the Assembly Doesn’t Overthrow the Next Government | Votemos para que la Asamblea no tumbe al próximo gobierno
By Walter Guevara, Eju.tv: Populist power is on the ropes. Its only hope is to bring down the next government. Evo Morales is counting on the harsh economic measures the next president will have to take to cost him the support he won the election with. He wants to make him fall so that new…
Inflation in Bolivia Out of Control | La inflación en Bolivia se salió de control
By RTP, Eju.tv: Analyst: Gonzalo Chávez So far this year, inflation has reached nearly 17%. Economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez warned that inflation in Bolivia has exceeded control limits, severely affecting the purchasing power of the population, especially in the food sector, which, he noted, has seen price hikes of up to 40%. “If we compare…
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