Editorial Pensamientos Bolivianos: Bolivia ya no enfrenta solo una crisis económica. Enfrenta algo más inquietante: un país donde la violencia, la impunidad y el crimen comienzan a sentirse normales. En apenas los últimos meses se han multiplicado asesinatos, ajustes de cuentas ligados al narcotráfico, sicariato, zonas tomadas por economías ilegales y una creciente sensación de…
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Bolivia Is Not Held Back by a Lack of Work, but by a System That Lives Off Disorder | Bolivia no está frenada por falta de trabajo, sino por un sistema que vive del desorden
Editorial Pensamientos Bolivianos: Hay una escena demasiado común en Bolivia: un ciudadano entra a una oficina pública para resolver un trámite sencillo y termina atrapado entre sellos, formularios, fotocopias, observaciones, filas y ventanillas. Lo mandan a otra institución, luego a otra, luego a volver mañana. Cuando finalmente cree haber reunido todo, descubre que falta un…
COB: Organized Parasitism | Parasitismo Organizado
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: BOLIVIA’S LABOR DAY: A CELEBRATION OF PARASITISM Every May 1, Bolivia is subjected to the same tired spectacle: marches, firecrackers, threats, anti-American slogans, and a fresh round of wage demands from the Bolivian Workers’ Central, the COB. This year has been no different. Once again, the COB has taken to the streets…
Bond Scandal Opens Wider Questions | Escándalo de bonos abre más interrogantes
By Unitel: After Arrest of Former Central Bank President, Economist Warns Bond Case Is Not the Only Matter That Must Be Investigated The former president of the issuing institution, Edwin Rojas, was arrested this Tuesday and is being investigated for alleged multimillion-dollar economic damage stemming from purported irregular transactions involving sovereign bonds. Edwin Rojas (right)…
Former Central Bank President and Three Former Executives Arrested | Aprehenden al expresidente del Banco Central y tres exejecutivos
By Erbol: ECONOMIC DAMAGE THROUGH BONDS Rojas served as president of the BCB during Arce’s administration. The La Paz Prosecutor’s Office ordered this Tuesday the arrest of former president of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), Edwin Rojas, along with three former executives, within the framework of a criminal investigation over bond transactions. The information…
The End of Centralist Hegemony | El fin de la hegemonía centralista
Editorial, El Dia: New Social Contract: Bolivia is no longer the country designed at the desks of central power. The most recent subnational elections did more than reshuffle authorities; they exposed a deeper rupture: the exhaustion of the centralist model as the organizing axis of the State. What emerged from the ballot box was not…
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