By El Diario: At 100 days into the government of Rodrigo Paz, economist and political scientist Fernando Untoja described an administration that “put the surface in order” but avoided touching the core of power, warning that the Bolivian State remains governed by a bureaucracy of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) that, far from enabling governability,…
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Debt Is Not the Solution | La deuda no es la solución
By ANF, Eju.tv: Dunn: We cannot repeat the mistake of replacing income with debt; that was already done and led us to this crisis The analyst and financial expert Jaime Dunn indicated that the Government cannot repeat the same mistake that led the country to the current crisis: resorting to external debt to cover State spending. For…
Bolivia’s Digital Dollar Holds Above BCB Rate | El dólar digital en Bolivia sigue por encima del BCB
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: Digital Dollar Price Stays Above the BCB Reference as the Market Stabilizes The price of the parallel dollar remains stable / Photo: Archive Despite a slight slowdown over the weekend, the quotation of the digital dollar in Bolivia continues to show a considerable gap compared with the reference value of…
Make the State Pay for the Crisis | Que el Estado Cargue la Crisis
By Erbol: DON’T LOAD THE CRISIS ONTO THE PEOPLE Dunn calls to “dismantle” the State: reduce payrolls, superfluous spending, and unproductive investments. Dunn says the State should bear the suffering from the anti-crisis measures. In his view of the government’s economic policy, financial analyst and former presidential candidate Jaime Dunn observed that what is missing…
Dollars to Stabilize Bolivia | Dólares para estabilizar Bolivia
By Erbol: THREE MONTHS INTO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION Economist: the Government needs freely available dollars and the easiest path is the IMF Hagamos Democracia panel this Sunday Economist Gonzalo Chávez assessed the first three months of the Government’s economic management and warned that one of the main pending challenges is obtaining freely available dollars, a…
Mystery Fuel Shakes Bolivia | Gasolina en duda sacude Bolivia
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Former Minister Álvaro Ríos questions the possible causes that led to the distribution of contaminated gasoline The hydrocarbons expert said that, several days after it became known that the gasoline being distributed was contaminated with manganese and gums, the government has still not given certainty to the public so that…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 