By Erbol: QUESTIONED THE ECONOMIC MODEL Cainco to Luis Arce: ‘Are you aware that the country will have the highest fiscal deficit in its history by its Bicentennial?’ The president of the Santa Cruz Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services, and Tourism (Cainco), Jean Pierre Antelo, posed a series of questions to President Luis Arce on…
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Futile Struggle Against Rising Prices | Inútil lucha contra el alza de precios
Editorial, El Diario: As there is no effect without a cause, the rising cost of food essential for survival is evident in the country. Firstly, the MAS is the primary culprit behind the increase in the prices of native agricultural products, stemming from the failed agrarian policies of Evo Morales Ayma’s three governments, compounded by…
The Ethical and Moral Collapse of a Nation | El Colapso Ético y Moral de una Nación
By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula Digital: Pachamamista Corruption Never in the history of Bolivia have there been governments as corrupt as those of the MAS, not even during the military dictatorships so eager to enrich themselves in power. Never, in 200 years of the republic, has corruption been so widespread, both in the number of…
2025: Prices will rise further, and unemployment will increase | Subirán más los precios y habrá mayor desempleo
By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: National survey Bolivians believe that prices will rise further this year, and unemployment will increase The population’s perceptions of the economic situation for 2025 are pessimistic. Most anticipate a faster rise in prices than in incomes (86%), as well as an increase in unemployment (85%) and inflation (84%). A…
Plurinational State in Terminal Crisis | Estado Plurinacional en crisis terminal
Editorial, El Diario: The Plurinational State—which the MAS (Movement for Socialism) attempted to establish in 2009 with the first Constitution approved by referendum—led by the “country’s first indigenous president,” has completed its historical cycle by destroying the very creation it set out to build. Officially born on January 22, 2010, the Plurinational State will soon…
Inflation, dollar shortages, and fuel scarcity: the new face of Bolivia | Inflación, escasez de dólares y falta de combustible, la nueva cara de Bolivia
By Opinion: 2024 marked the end of the economic boom of the early millennium. The Bolivian currency depreciated, and gasoline and diesel are in short supply. An alleged coup worsened the situation. In a report last year, the World Bank highlighted Bolivia as one of the three economies with the best economic growth projections in…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 