Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Communism and economy The Shanghai stock market continues to deliver bad news, for the anguish of those who had made plans based on the Chinese economy to continue to demand commodities. The collapse of the stock and the flight of hundreds of Chinese companies from the stock market surprised…
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The decline of socialism in the XXI Century… with Bolivia as NO exception!
Carlos Mejia writes in El Diario: The decline of socialism in the XXI Century When the Cold War and the dichotomy between two antagonistic economic systems capitalism and communism, ended with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and its European satellites were released, caused by internal inconsistencies, capitalism was installed as the global hegemonic system,…
Where is it going, leading to… the so-called “process of change”?!
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The direction of the “process of change” When the world was liberal and the British Empire dominated the international arena, in Bolivia it was time to build capitalism with elements of liberalism. Then, when that capitalism is in crisis after 1929 and the Second World War, when the time…
Meet the real “nature” of current Bolivia’s VP… it is SO disappointing!
Susana Seleme wonderfully describes current VP’s “ideology”, she writes in El Deber: The Socialism of the ‘vice’ What is a striking analysis of the vice-president is the absence of social classes. Who takes the fight in the ‘battlefield’ …? The theoretical Community socialism of the ‘vice’ suffers from flaws that can not hide nor his…
Bolivian Politics 101: Failed socialism is a hundred years old
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: Failed socialism is a hundred years old The history of failed socialism has numerous details and a long history that must be taken into account in the observation and analysis of Bolivian politics. This study may be valuable for orientation amid the vicissitudes of this ideology in the course…
Bolivia’s Rare Bond Sale Proves a Warning to Yield Hunters
From Bloomberg BusinessWeek, although over a year old of being written, it holds fully: Bolivia’s Rare Bond Sale Proves a Warning to Yield Hunters By Nathan Gill and Veronica Navarro Espinosa January 24, 2013 Bolivia’s first international bond sale in almost a century is turning into a cautionary tale for fixed-income investors trying to bolster…
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