Autoritarismo y persecución – Authoritarianism and persecution

Editorial, Los Tiempos: Announced authoritarianism The actions of the Government and the ruling party in recent weeks are only half surprising, since they correspond to the way of governing that was announced a year ago. What is most surprising is how — especially in the last seven days — the abyss that separates the governors…

De mal en peor – From bad to worse

Los Tiempos: Downgrading of Bolivia’s outlook makes access to foreign credit difficult The international rating agency Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook on the Bolivian government’s ratings from stable to negative, a situation that reflects a risk outlook of a weakening of the country’s sovereign credit profile. Moodys’s observed that Bolivia has a significant fiscal…

Se aplazó Arce – Arce flunked

Pablo Peralta, Página Siete: Confidence in Arce drops, as does the rating of his management The percentage of respondents who rate their trust in the President as “Good” or “Very good” fell from 33.8% to 29.5%. The recent survey that Cultura Interactiva carried out for Página Siete detects that confidence in President Luis Arce decreased,…

Foreign debt – Deuda externa

El Diario: Foreign debt grew under MAS administration For the legislator, those responsible for the current foreign debt are former President Evo Morales and his then Minister of Economy, Luis Arce Before the announcement of President Luis Arce to request the cancellation of the national foreign debt before the United Nations Organization (UN), the deputy…

Retraso económico – Economic backwardness

Editorial, El Diario: Factors behind the backwardness of our economy Mentions from the President, his Minister of Economy and others from the presidential Cabinet propagate an accelerated reactivation of the national economy. The parliamentary majority acts as a sounding board for the Executive Branch and joins such fallacies with the attempt to engulf the citizenry….