Gary Rodriguez writes in El Deber: Monoculture or ‘mono-speech’? Some people dare to make negative judgments against the agricultural sector and are given the luxury of say – with an angelic halo – about things that never were and who do not understand. Not risking their fortune, not sweating a single drop, not planting anything,…
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A corrupt person or a corrupt structure in today’s Bolivia?
Renzo Abruzzese writes in El Deber: A delinquent syndrome We were accustomed to live with corruption of public officials, but until recently it was relatively easy to distinguish between a corrupt official and a corrupt structure. When a “deal” was discovered, the image of the Government was affected as a whole, no doubt but it…
Is there legal certainty in today’s Bolivia?
A sound Editorial from El Deber: The legal assurances One of the little observed consequences of the rise of prices of raw materials exported by Bolivia is that in the country, there is now the petty idea that the economy can grow without the need for private investment. The bonanza had other consequences, like the…
Bolivian gov issues bonds paying high rates and does not use CAF low interest loans!!
Marco Chuquimia reports for El Deber: THIS YEAR THE COMMITMENT OF THE AGENCY IS TO GIVE $500 MILLION DOLLARS CAF ensures that the country will not use 100% of their credit The private sector receives about $100 million and the remaining are for public investment projects, roads mainly, according to the entity. The country receives…
What is and should be the role of the Bolivian Army?
El Deber’s editorial: Democracy and armed forces What Bolivia currently needs the least are the shocks affecting its institutional framework. Isn’t that precisely the nation is respecting rigorously its rules, much less. On the contrary, we know that there is a clear process of chaos and deterioration in the country’s institutions. What is serious is,…
Is democracy lost in current Bolivia?
El Dia’s Editorial: Who will save democracy? President Morales has returned to affirm that his political project or maybe he, coming to be the same, have become to stay indefinitely at the Quemado Palace. He says, after at least six political groupings have practically confirmed to participate in the general elections of 2014. The presidential…
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