Editorial, El Día: We are what we think, and in Bolivia we have spent too many years trapped in a comfortable but false narrative. A narrative that, for decades, convinced us that being on the left meant being on the right side of history; that the State had to be big, generous, and omnipresent; that…
Tag: public policy failures
Woke and Progressive Illusions: Bolivia’s Imported Ideological Poison | Ilusiones Woke y Progre: El veneno ideológico importado para Bolivia
By Bolivian Thoughts: Across the West, the so-called “woke” and progressive wave has flooded universities, media, and politics. It sells itself as a noble crusade for justice and equality but leaves behind division, moral confusion, and the destruction of shared values. Under its banner of “inclusion,” it imposes rigid dogmas where disagreement is treated as…
Presidential Debate: Candidates Fail to Address Mercury Pollution from Gold Mining | Debate presidencial: candidatos no plantean soluciones a la contaminación por mercurio en la explotación del oro
By Erbol: ELECTIONS 2025 Environmental News Agency None of the eight presidential candidates who participated in the first presidential debate—organized by the Plurinational Electoral Body (OEP) in coordination with the National Association of Journalists of Bolivia (ANPB) and the Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB)—presented any solution to the environmental, soil, and river pollution…
Geopolitics: Where Should Bolivia Look in the Subregion? | Geopolítica: ¿Hacia dónde debe mirar Bolivia en la subregión?
By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: In an increasingly competitive, unstable, and fragmented international scenario, it is imperative that Bolivia clearly recognize and embrace both the constraints and the opportunities arising from its geostrategic position. Geopolitics is a fundamental discipline for understanding the interaction between geographic, economic, social, and political factors that influence a state’s strategic…
Bolivia Has No International Power Over Cryptocurrency Use | El país no tiene poder internacional en uso de criptomonedas
By Los Tiempos: ASFI Acknowledges Bolivia Has No International Power Over Cryptocurrency Use Cryptocurrency use is growing around the world. | Economia3.com After Bolivia’s Central Bank (BCB) approved the use of cryptocurrencies in the country for transactions, the Financial System Supervisory Authority (ASFI) took another step by enacting regulations for the operation of financial technology…
Fix the State, Save the Republic | Arreglar el Estado, Salvar la República
By Bolivian Thoughts: Rebuilding Bolivia’s Republic: A Functional State, Not a Bigger One Bolivia’s current collapse is not accidental. It stems from decades of institutional decay, overdependence on informal markets and subsidies, and the systematic replacement of merit with political loyalty. Today’s state employs over 600,000 public workers—more than double what it did before MAS…
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