Editorial, Página Siete: Another blue corruption scandal The administration of the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) scores another corruption scandal that confirms the level of rot that exists in its ranks, now divided into two currents that fight for power, which is precisely the key to access the management of the coffers of the State. And…
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The bad international image of Bolivia – La mala imagen internacional de Bolivia
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through a period of economic turbulence. The drop in Net International Reserves was the trigger for much bad news for the country. One of them is the shortage of dollars, internally, but it is not the only one. Later, Fitch Ratings’ rating was announced, which lowered Bolivia from B…
Rhetoric of exemplary economics destroyed – Desbaratan retórica de la economía ejemplar
Editorial Pagina Siete: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bolivia’s credit rating from B to B- and has changed the outlook to negative from stable. This is bad news for the country because it will reduce its chances of obtaining external financing and attracting investment; however, beyond that fact, it is a lapidary report because it destroys,…
Acute crisis of confidence – Aguda crisis de confianza
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The Government of Luis Arce is going through perhaps the most critical trance of his two years and four months in office. The teachers’ protests, which are announcing that they are getting worse, the roadblocks in three departments, which do not seem close to an end, and the political pressures that it…
It’s the economy, it’s not politics – Es la economía, no es la política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through moments of uncertainty due to the economic situation. The slow and forceful fall of the Net International Reserves (NIR), together with the lack of transparency in the information provided by the Government, left a climate of fear and doubts among the citizens, in addition to affecting imports and…
Central government denies reality – Gobierno central niega la realidad
Editorial, El Deber: Clean up the economy Time passes and cycles run out. The worst thing is to cling to what was without accepting that reality is now different. Eleven years ago, in 2014, the Bolivian economy was buoyant, revenues from gas exports poured in non-stop, and government spokesmen claimed that the economic model was…
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