By El Deber: Bolivia exports more, but pressure on the foreign exchange market persists Bolivian exports currently constitute the country’s main source of foreign currency inflows. The growth of exports helps sustain the inflow of dollars into the country, although experts warn that the settlement of foreign currency payments still takes months. Goods leave Santa…
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Not only dialogue, but also direction | No solo diálogo, también rumbo
By Jaime Dunn, Eju.tv: Not only dialogue, but also direction: because ideology defines the size of the bread I value the national dialogue and congratulate the government for organizing it. Bolivia needs fewer blockades and more institutional conversation. But the country needs something deeper: direction. Bolivia does not only need to talk. Bolivia needs to…
Bolivia’s Long Socialist Decline | Setenta años de socialismo y decadencia boliviana
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Broken by Statism Bolivia’s economic collapse did not begin with Evo Morales or the MAS. The roots go much deeper. Since the 1952 National Revolution, generations of Bolivian politicians have embraced different versions of socialism, state control, and economic populism. The promise was always the same: more equality, more justice, more prosperity…
Cheap Power, Low Wages | Energía Barata, Salarios Bajos
By ElPais.bo: “Borrowed Light: Bolivia’s Energy Crossroads,” Part 2 Cheap Energy, Low Wages: The Hidden Cost of Electricity Subsidies While Bolivia maintains the lowest electricity rates in South America, average wages are up to three times lower than in Chile or Uruguay. Energy subsidies do not reduce poverty: they reproduce it by concealing the real…
Rodrigo Paz: Nothing Changes After Six Months | Va un semestre y no pasa nada relevante
By Brújula Digital: The Good, the Bad and What Remains Pending: Five Analysts Break Down the Government’s First Six Months According to specialists, the positive lies in stability and hope for change; the negative in the lack of real solutions and poor political management. What remains pending is tackling structural changes. Edmand Lara and Rodrigo Paz at their…
Another Reform Defeated? | ¿Otra reforma derrotada?
Editorial Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Ley 1720 y el retorno del chantaje político en Bolivia La controversia alrededor de la Ley 1720 está dejando al descubierto uno de los problemas más profundos de Bolivia: la enorme dificultad para impulsar reformas económicas incluso cuando buscan beneficiar a pequeños productores rurales que necesitan salir de la pobreza. La…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 