By Windsor Hernani, Vision 360: Country Image: Between International Rhetoric and Institutional Erosion Let us stop making mistakes. A country’s image is not an advertising campaign; it is the accumulated reflection of political decisions, institutional quality, and strategic coherence. Country image is the set of perceptions, reputation, and values that define a nation’s identity in…
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Assault on Tuichi: Illegal Mining Invades Madidi | Asalto al Tuichi: minería ilegal invade Madidi
By El Diario: They intend to bring machinery in for illegal mining activity in the Tuichi River Despite the existence of environmental precautionary measures in favor of the Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, issued by the Plenary Chamber of the Agro-Environmental Tribunal, it was reported today, according to…
Bolivia: One in ten species is at risk of disappearing | Una de cada 10 especies está en peligro de desaparecer
By El Diario: In 2024, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Asociación Armonía identified 478 threatened species, meaning that one out of every ten known species faces the risk of extinction. The threats are classified as critically endangered (CR) 63, endangered (EN) 145, and vulnerable (VU) 270. According to international organizations, Bolivia’s…
Brief Yearbook of the Energy Sector | Balance anual del sector energético boliviano
By Francesco Zaratti: The analysis of Bolivia’s energy sector in 2025 distinguishes two periods, with the government change as the dividing line: (1) from January to October, and (2) November and December. Before Supreme Decree (DS) 5503, we suffered from the fuel supply crisis and the effects of the erratic policy applied over the last…
Putting the House in Order | La casa en orden
By El Diario: For the country to start moving forward after the two infamous decades of MAS rule, the house must be put in order, President Rodrigo Paz repeats in the early hours of 2026. The goblins must be expelled, the ghosts, everything left behind by the party of the cocalero Morales after taking everything…
The statist State suffocates Bolivian mining | El Estado estatista ahoga a la minería boliviana
By El Diario: Lawyer Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales states Mining law specialist Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales warned that Bolivian mining is paralyzed by legal uncertainty, Law 535, and heavy bureaucracy, despite the country having more than 9,000 companies and around 1,700 registered cooperatives. In an interview with EL DIARIO, she said that reactivating the sector requires a clear…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 