Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: Mucho Más Que Política: La Verdadera Historia Entre Bolivia y Estados Unidos Este año Estados Unidos cumple 250 años de independencia y el año pasado Bolivia celebró sus 200 años de vida republicana. La coincidencia histórica invita a reflexionar sobre una relación que muchas veces fue distorsionada por la ideología, pero que en realidad ha sido…
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Bolivian Quinoa Real Outperforms Global Varieties | Quinua real boliviana supera a variedades globales
By El Diario: Quinoa Shows Unique Nutritional Qualities Compared with Varieties from Eight Countries Professionals Mauricio Peñarrieta (UMSA) and Javier Linares (Lund University, Sweeden). CREDIT: UMSA Research led by the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA), in collaboration with Lund University in Sweden and carried out together with producers, public institutions, and international cooperation partners, found that quinoa realgrown…
Thucydides’ Trap and Bolivian Politics | La trampa de Tucídides y la política boliviana
By Francesco Zaratti, Vision 360: In Bolivia, the conflict between the dominant power of gas and the emerging power of renewables is fueled by the illusion of preserving gas hegemony, without recognizing that this energy cycle has already run its course. During Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing, President Xi Jinping resorted to a learned reference to…
Law 157: Opportunity for the Rural Entrepreneur | Ley 157: oportunidad para el emprendedor rural
By German Huanca, Urgente.bo For seventy-three years, Bolivia’s peasants and indigenous people had land but no capital, plots but no credit, work but no real possibility of risking anything tangible to start a business. Law 157 changes that equation at its core: for the first time since the 1953 agrarian reform, a government recognizes that…
Bolivia doesn’t need another miracle resource; it needs direction | Bolivia no necesita otro recurso milagro, necesita dirección
By Oscar Antezana, El Dia: In the previous article, we argued that Bolivia faces a structural problem: the absence of a clear economic strategy. This shortcoming is not new. It is reflected in a pattern the country has repeated for decades. From time to time, a resource emerges that promises to transform the economy. First…
NEITHER STATE NOR MARKET: BOLIVIA’S REAL ECONOMIC PROBLEM | NI ESTADO NI MERCADO: EL VERDADERO PROBLEMA ECONÓMICO DE BOLIVIA
By Oscar Antezana: The economic debate that matters is not ideological—it is strategic. Now that the subnational elections have taken place, it is expected that President Paz will announce several reforms, as he indicated weeks ago. However, behind these announcements lies a deeper—and far more important—question that is rarely asked explicitly: what type of economy…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 