By Juan José Toro, Visión 360: Such shamelessness has only been seen before in the disgraceful parliamentary approval of the 1904 Treaty of Friendship and Boundaries with Chile, through which Bolivia renounced its rights over the Litoral. Luis Arce and his circle are on their way out and, despite already having their pockets full, they…
Tag: state-owned failures
“These contracts are unconstitutional and a disgrace to the Bolivian people” | “Estos contratos son anticonstitucionales y una vergüenza para el pueblo boliviano”
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Potosí residents reject contracts for lithium industrialization The Potosí Civic Committee demands that the handling of the contracts be carried out in Potosí and denounces an “unconstitutional” negotiation harmful to the people. The Potosí Civic Committee (Comcipo) is maintaining a firm vigil in front of the Commission on Plural Economy…
Dollars, TikTok, and “digital gurus”: the other side of Bolivia’s dollar crisis | Dólares, TikTok y “gurús” digitales: la otra cara de la crisis del dólar en Bolivia
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber; Eju.tv: The widespread crisis caused by the shortage of U.S. dollars in Bolivia has given rise to a generation of young social media figures offering financial advice. But can they be trusted? The number of people earning money on social media is growing, driven by the shortage of U.S. dollars…
Fuel shortages persist | Persiste la escasez de combustibles
Editorial, El Diario: Amid the current fuel shortage in the country, which has been gradually worsening, the current government has only produced debatable arguments and accusations to shift blame onto others. It was said that road blockades organized some time ago by followers of “evismo,” particularly in Cochabamba, worsened the situation; or that external factors,…
Inflation in Bolivia Out of Control | La inflación en Bolivia se salió de control
By RTP, Eju.tv: Analyst: Gonzalo Chávez So far this year, inflation has reached nearly 17%. Economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez warned that inflation in Bolivia has exceeded control limits, severely affecting the purchasing power of the population, especially in the food sector, which, he noted, has seen price hikes of up to 40%. “If we compare…
The Bicentennial War | La guerra del Bicentenario
By Antonio Saravia, Vision 360: As we can see, we are the eternal bottom-dweller, but we had opportunities when we embraced liberal programs. Last week, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte sparked outrage in Bolivia when she declared in her Independence Day speech that Bolivia, like Cuba and Venezuela, was a “failed” state. A reckless comment coming…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 