Editorial, Correo del Sur: Fuel Trafficking The fuel shortage causing long lines at gas stations, particularly in Potosí, is driven by the illegal hoarding of fuel for resale in the northern part of the department. An indigenous authority has confirmed that the pack animals of the past have been replaced by illegal cars, known as…
Tag: state-owned failures
Instability Hampers Economic Activity | Inestabilidad rezaga actividad económica
By El Diario: The country’s economic activity is being hindered by the climate of instability and social conflicts, directly affecting the national industry which has to contend with blockades and land seizures in the absence of proper regulatory enforcement. Bolivia has once again entered a wave of protests over various demands, including the shortage of…
Three Notes on the Crisis | Tres apuntes sobre la crisis
By Gregorio Lanza, El Deber: President Arce asserts that there is no structural economic crisis. He does this to conceal the downfall of the mixed community social model of which he imagines himself the creator. The entire structure of the model was based on gas revenues, 50% of which went directly to the Central Bank,…
International Community Does Not Trust the MAS Government | Comunidad internacional no confía en el gobierno del MAS
El Diario: Criticizing the statements of the president of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Armin Dorgathen, and his attempt to blame regulations for the fuel shortage in the country, Walthy Egüez, a deputy from the Creemos party, argued that the issue lies in the international community’s distrust of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) government. Therefore,…
Poor People, Rich Government | Pueblo pobre gobierno rico
Editorial, El Dia: The Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, is the author of the phrase: “nothing outside the state, nothing above the state, nothing against the state,” and despite dying hung by his feet for the ruin he caused in his country, Luis Arce upholds this paradigm by placing the government above businesses, the economy,…
Son, grandson: this is MAS | Hijo, nieto: este es el MAS
By Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: Evo and President Arce have been blaming each other for the catastrophic economic situation. That is, the squandering of more than $15 billion, the utter failure to industrialize lithium over 18 years, the exploitation of gas to nearly the last molecule without replenishing reserves, the irresponsible spending of public…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 