By Miguel Angel Amonzabel Gonzales, El Deber: When Cooking Became a Bolivian Luxury May 2025 will go down as the most critical month of the year for Bolivia’s economy. A combination of internal and external factors unleashed a perfect storm that hit households hard and put small and medium-sized businesses in check. Among all the…
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Harvard and Bolivia, the Commutative Property | Harvard y Bolivia, la propiedad conmutativa
By Amparo Ballivián, Brújula Digital: In 1984, Bolivian business leaders designed a structural adjustment plan (the basis of Supreme Decree 21060) and validated it with Jeffrey Sachs. Today, Harvard (Ricardo Hausmann) is proposing similar solutions for the current crisis, ratified by 90 Bolivians. The formula is classic: reduce the deficit, liberalize markets, and align prices…
Onions, meat, and soft drinks drive inflation in Bolivia | La cebolla, carne y gaseosas disparan la inflación en Bolivia
By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Price Hike Eating is becoming increasingly expensive in Bolivia The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose significantly in May due to the higher cost of basic products like onions, chicken meat, and soft drinks. Accumulated inflation over five months is already nearing 10%. In May, Bolivia recorded a monthly inflation…
Urgent measures proposed to stabilize the economy | Plantean medidas urgentes para estabilizar la economía
By El Diario: They must be short-term and based on a political pact In light of the difficult situation Bolivia is going through, economists are proposing urgent short-term measures and a political pact to stabilize the economy and make it to August; otherwise, the country could fall into a coma and the situation would worsen….
46% of Families Start Businesses Despite the Economic Crisis | 46% de familias emprende a pesar de la época de crisis
By Dayana Flores, Opinion: This is due to the fact that in three out of ten households, there have been layoffs. Cochabamba is the third department in Bolivia where people are most encouraged to start businesses. How is the economic crisis affecting entrepreneurship? Nearly half of all families decide to start a business under these…
Real legacy of MAS: a poorer, more unequal, more vulnerable country | Legado real del MAS: un país más pobre, más desigual, más vulnerable
Editorial, El Día: The Children of MAS They are not Andrónico, Evo, or Arce. Nor are they the heirs to political positions, congressional seats, or looted state companies. The true children of MAS are the poor—those millions of Bolivians who, after nearly 20 years of the so-called “process of change,” are worse off than before….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 