Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: It is obvious, and all Bolivians comment, that an opposition leader is needed, even more so, that he becomes the only candidate to confront the MAS in the next elections. So far nothing new. It is also not new that there are already several candidates or they paint themselves as…
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Economic disaster | Descalabro económico
El Diario: Bolivia increasingly closer to economic disaster The fall in the Net International Reserves (RIN) of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), the shortage of dollars, fuel and the excessive rise in food prices, a situation that has been going on since the last administration, added to the growing external debt, show a complicated…
Fuel shortage due to drop in production | Escasez de carburantes por caída en la producción
Fundacion Jubileo, Brujula Digital: Jubileo: fuel shortage has nothing to do with blockades, but with the drop in production and over time it will be greater Vehicles line up to buy fuel. Photo: APG The Jubilee Foundation reported this Wednesday that the fuel shortage in the country has nothing to do with the Evista blockade,…
Bolivia drops rating in corruption ranking | Bolivia baja calificación en ranking de corrupción
Transparency International (TI) published yesterday its Corruption Perception Index, where Bolivia appears in 133rd place out of 180 countries, with a rating that has been lowered compared to last year. The index is made on a scale from zero to 100, where zero means that a country’s public sector is perceived as “highly corrupt” and…
In search of a leader | En busca de un líder
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: “…in the face of disaster, some ask: Why?…the free man asks: What do I do?” We look like a lost flock. Those of us who write about the political situation in Bolivia, both reading ourselves, sound like sheep bleating. At first it was like listening to the lost ram, as it…
The road to ruin: How a political rift threatens Bolivia’s stability | El camino a la ruina: cómo una ruptura política amenaza la estabilidad de Bolivia
The Week This past week, Evo Morales’s supporters paralyzed the country By Milan Sime Martinic Bolivian President Luis Arce, center, and his Vice President David Choquehuanca, left, wave to supporters from a presidential palace balcony | AP High in the Andes mountains, the air is thin. Opportunities are scarce. Held together by strong regional societal…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 