By Omar Pereyra, El Mundo; Eju.tv: Demetrio Pérez, leader of the small-scale agricultural producers in Santa Cruz, strongly criticized the Government for lacking a clear agricultural policy. He pointed out that improvised measures are being adopted that harm both the environment and producers, such as promoting crops in unsuitable areas like the Amazon. Last week,…
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The Times and the Economic Crisis | Los tiempos y la crisis económica
By Gonzalo Chávez, Brujula Digital: In Bolivia, the economy has shown the patience of a Tibetan lama when it comes to incubating its crisis, and the speed of a nosediving condor when it comes to unleashing it. For years, we watched the disaster slowly cook with all the classic ingredients: fiscal populism, a gas addiction,…
Wages are worth 45% less compared to the dollar | El salario vale un 45% menos respecto al dólar
By Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: PURCHASING POWER The purchasing power of the boliviano is losing ground /Photo: ABI The loss of the boliviano’s purchasing power since 2024 has already reached 50%. The foreign currency is trading at Bs 15.17. According to the latest study (2023) by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Bolivia has a…
Transparent elections are not guaranteed in the country | Elecciones transparentes no están garantizadas en el país
By El Diario: In a situation marked by political campaigns and doubts about the 2025 general elections taking place, former rector of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Waldo Albarracín, stated that the subordination of the Electoral Body and the Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) to the ruling power prevents the country from guaranteeing the…
Masista horde attacked Camacho’s Lawyer and the Civic vice president | Horda masista atacó al Abogado de Camacho y al vicepresidente Cívico
By Lidia Mamani, Eju.tv: Group of self-convened individuals attack Camacho’s lawyer and the civic vice president after hearing in La Paz The incident took place Friday afternoon, following a precautionary hearing that sought to modify Camacho’s preventive detention in the Coup d’État I case. After the hearing to request a modification of precautionary measures for…
Bolivia at a Crossroads: Paradigmatic Exhaustion and the Urgent Need for Renewal | Bolivia en la encrucijada: agotamiento paradigmático y urgencia de renovación
By Renzo Abruzzese, Brujula Digital: The current electoral scenario goes beyond the mere impression of a disordered party system or the classic factional struggle for power. What we are witnessing is a much more complex phenomenon: the collapse of the architecture of political representation and participation that, despite its historical limitations, had provided a minimum…
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