By Karen Longaric, El Deber: Legally, the condition of interdict is defined as “the state of a person who has been judicially declared incapable of exercising certain rights, either by reason of a crime or for another cause provided for by law. This civil phrase is also used to indicate the suspension of office or…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Dollar shortage worsens due to Military farce that generated speculation | Se agrava escasez de dólares por farsa militar que generó especulación
By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Private parties reveal that military attack generated speculation and ask the Government for dialogue to solve the dollar shortage The price of the currency, on the streets, is above the official price The failed military attack on June 26 generated speculation (around the dollar) and damaged the country’s image….
Decline in the economy and fiscal deficit | Caída de la economía y un déficit fiscal
Brújula Digital: Milenio warns of a decline in the economy and a fiscal deficit above 12% Photo: Social Networks The Milenio Foundation warned of a “risky trend of economic decline” in the country and a “worsening of fiscal, monetary, exchange and financial imbalances.” It considers that the fiscal deficit could be above 12% of GDP…
Unbridled Hunger for Power | Hambre desenfrenada de poder
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: Evo Morales threatens to block the country’s roads if he is not allowed to run as a candidate. What does he want? According to his cynicism, he wants the full enforcement of the Constitution, a clean and independent judiciary, no judicial coup, the government not using the judiciary as…
Contraband challenges the Rule of Law | Contrabando desafía el Estado de Derecho
Editorial, El Deber: Recent attacks on the offices of the National Customs in Santa Cruz and the National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (Senasag) in Yacuiba by violent mobs of smugglers are raising alarms about the alarming situation Bolivia faces in its fight against this scourge. These events not only represent a serious…
Gov Prints Money to Cover Expenses | Gob imprime billetes para cubrir gastos
El Dia: Economist Suspects Government is Printing Money to Cover Expenses Dunn recommended the public to pay close attention to inflation figures. Two weeks ago, the Minister of Economy warned that inflation could rise and, in any case, it would be imported inflation. Economist Jaime Dunn expressed his suspicions that the government, in order to…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 