By Caio Ruvenal, El País; Eju,tv: The communities that benefited from MAS-driven social mobility are now voting for Rodrigo Paz in Bolivia’s presidential elections. The sweeping electoral victory of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) in Bolivia’s Andean region is largely due to its strategy of courting the so-called “new Aymara rich,” or qamiris. Nearly 60%…
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Polarization and fragmentation rekindle in the context of the runoff | La polarización y la fragmentación se reavivan en el contexto de la segunda vuelta
Overall assessment: Who is most likely to win the second round? By eju.tv: The 10 MOST relevant things from the last hours that we recommend you read. Random image Paz and Quiroga go to the runoff. Illustration: Bolivia Verifica Polarization resurfaces on the way to the runoff, and leaders lack a discourse of reconciliation –…
Dollar Crisis, Decisive Election | Crisis por el dólar, elección decisiva
By Bolivian Thoughts The Dollar Says It All Bolivia heads into the elections with a rope around its neck. MAS played with fire and left us in chaos: the official dollar is still at Bs 6.96, but on the streets it hit Bs 20 and now hovers around Bs 13. That’s more than double 🤯….
Growing criticism of the Paz–Lara ticket, warning of instability due to contradictions and demagoguery | Crece la crítica al binomio Paz–Lara y advierten riesgo de inestabilidad por contradicciones y demagogia
By Erbol: PDC SPOKESMAN CALLS FOR REFLECTION FROM LARA A duo that’s sparking controversy in political circles. Photo/taken from the internet The presidential ticket of Rodrigo Paz and Edman Lara is stirring controversy in political circles, with various actors warning that it poses a risk of instability for the country due to internal contradictions and…
BATTLE FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR TUTO | BATALLA DE TODOS, NO SOLO DE TUTO
By Oscar Antezana: A transcendental step took place in Bolivia with the elections on August 17. We’ll see if democracy truly returns once the new president takes office and exercises the rule of law. I seriously doubt that PDC would govern; on the contrary, LIBRE would. Unfortunately, the left is once again one step away…
Government Leaves the Country in Crisis with a Dollar “Corralito” | Gobierno deja en crisis al país con corralito en dólares
By El Diario: Economic Analysts The current administration is leaving behind a dollar “corralito (withdrawal restrictions),” and the new administration taking office in November will have to reverse this situation, said Fernando Romero, president of the Departmental College of Economists of Tarija, in his assessment of the drop in the parallel market dollar rate. Meanwhile,…
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