By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: Chamber of Commerce: The president of the CNC also raised other proposals to the Rodrigo Paz administration, such as the need to make transparent the real situation of fuel imports, payments made, and available volumes [Photo: APG] / Photo taken in La Paz, where lines continue to persist The president of…
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The End of Centralist Hegemony | El fin de la hegemonía centralista
Editorial, El Dia: New Social Contract: Bolivia is no longer the country designed at the desks of central power. The most recent subnational elections did more than reshuffle authorities; they exposed a deeper rupture: the exhaustion of the centralist model as the organizing axis of the State. What emerged from the ballot box was not…
Public Firms Crisis | Crisis de empresas públicas
By Erbol: CALLS IT A SHAME Government reveals bankruptcies and losses of public companies: “they left us a Molotov cocktail” The OFEP made the presentation. The Government, through the Office for the Oversight of Public Enterprises (OFEP), presented this Thursday a report on the financial situation of state-owned companies, which shows sustained losses, low generation…
Fuel Crisis or System Collapse? | ¿Crisis de combustible o colapso del sistema?
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Bolivia’s Fuel Crisis Is a Political Crisis in Disguise Bolivia is not facing a temporary fuel shortage. It is facing the collapse of an economic model—and the political system still hesitates to say so. The turmoil inside YPFB, marked by leadership instability and an inability to guarantee diesel and gasoline supply, is…
Reports that YPFB President Claudia Cronenbold has submitted her resignation | Reportan que presidenta de YPFB Claudia Cronenbold presentó su renuncia
By Milton Condori, Vision 360: The executive assumed the position as president of YPFB on March 30, replacing Yussef Akly. The swearing-in of Claudia Cronenbold as president of YPFB. Photo: ABI Amid complaints over the lines once again forming at fuel stations and criticism from transport sectors over poor fuel quality, the president of Yacimientos…
The deepest limit to development in Bolivia: its institutions | El límite más profundo del desarrollo en Bolivia, sus instituciones
By Oscar Antezana: Throughout this series we have explored different dimensions of economic development in Bolivia: the false dilemma between state and market, the persistent illusion of “miracle resources,” the accumulation of directionless projects, and the need to project a strategy beyond borders. The diagnosis seems clear: Bolivia does not lack opportunities; it lacks a…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 