Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Debts you have to pay For the purposes of transnational corporations, you could say that a revolution is radical indeed when their leaders refuse to pay compensation for the nationalizations that make. Cuba, for example, did not want to pay compensation and has ignored the international courts that failed…
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Bolivian ochlocracy and their fear of those who are literate!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: Fear of books This is a Government that has shown fear of books from the first day. H.E. [His Excellency] said, as a sly confidence, with all self-confidence, that he has never read a book, that his school were the streets and roads. And Foreign Minister Choquehuanca began taking…
Bolivian politics 101: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism
Andres Gomez writes in Pagina Siete: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism developed as a strategy for the social idiocy to stay in power. Is there a risk that these totalitarian currents are occurring in the present age? Anything can happen, better to prevent. Recognize them how to care for democracy? I have…
DO we believe current Bolivian gov’s statement, that we are rich?!
Susana Seleme writes in El Deber: Are we a rich country? Who was the one who said to the head of the regime that we are no longer a poor country and that, therefore, the non governmental organizations (NGOs) have no place in Bolivia? Whoever he was, deserves a resounding reprieve because economic growth of…
Are we encouraged to save under the Bolivian banking system?
Lidia Mamani reports for Pagina Siete: IT IS THE SECOND REGULATION OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT Government will define the rates that banks pay savers The standard will set new passive rates for people who have savings and term deposits (DPF), which are currently set by the authorities. Government will define passive interest rates that…
Cheap electoral price controls by current Bolivian gov
Roberto Ortiz writes in El Deber: What hides the double bonus President Evo Morales signed on November 20, Supreme Decree 1802, which authorizes the payment of the double bonus to workers in the public and private sector. We must start from the economic statement that a bonus is a salary, as it is part of…
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