Editorial, El Deber: An old saying says that “There is no deadline that is not met nor debt that is not paid”, and it can well be applied to the Bolivian reality. The fall in gas exports, restrictions on the sale of agricultural products, the reduction to zero of foreign investment and the increase in…
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How Socialist Bolivia Is Trying To Cash In On Lithium, To The Benefit Of China | Cómo la Bolivia socialista está tratando de sacar provecho del litio, en beneficio de China
Sergio Herrera Deza, Crunch: Bolivia believes lithium is the new “white gold,” for its role in fueling new technologies. Distrusting Western investments and technology, it’s counting on collaborations with Russia and China. But there will be problems at home that could block it all. View of the new plant for the production of lithium carbonate…
The country is falling apart | El país se cae a pedazos
Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: And we are to blame. We were the ones who elected the MAS and gave it resounding victories since 2005. Yes, they committed fraud, took over justice and used perks and violence to screw themselves into power, but without our votes, our passivity and our fear, they wouldn’t have made it….
Real salary and job quality fall | Caen sueldo real y calidad del empleo
Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: The real salary reaches 2005 levels and the quality of employment in companies falls Real remuneration in private companies reaches, on average, Bs1,574 in 2023, similar to Bs1,553 18 years ago. Experts see that job insecurity is increasing It’s noon and Miguel, 40, zigzags his car through the chaotic streets…
Judicial coup? | ¿Golpe judicial?
Editorial, El Deber: Through a “constitutional declaration” – it was not a ruling or legal opinion – the judges of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) decided to remain in their positions until the judicial elections promote their successors. The so-called “self-extension”, from which the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the Agro-Environmental…
Economic disaster | Descalabro económico
El Diario: Bolivia increasingly closer to economic disaster The fall in the Net International Reserves (RIN) of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), the shortage of dollars, fuel and the excessive rise in food prices, a situation that has been going on since the last administration, added to the growing external debt, show a complicated…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 