By El Diario: Business Leaders Ask the Government to Respect Their Rights, Avoid Closures and Layoffs Private business leaders warned about the negative effects of raising the National Minimum Wage (SMN) to Bs 3,300 and demanded that the government respect their rights by adopting mitigation measures to avoid mass closures and layoffs. The president of…
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Land Seizures Threaten Rule of Law | Avasallamientos ponen en riesgo el Estado de Derecho
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: CAO demands a technical, “non-political” INRA to guarantee legal certainty The president of the CAO entering the meeting with the Government The president of the Eastern Agricultural Chamber warned that land seizures are the result of land trafficking, not social conflicts, and called on the Government to apply the law…
Republic or Plurinational State? | ¿República o Estado Plurinacional?
By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: An Aymara Look at the False Dilemma State failure does not begin with the Republic, but it becomes consolidated with the Plurinational State. The Republic, despite its structural limits, sought to build a nation-state, a common citizenship, and a shared political identity. Its horizon was imperfect, but modern: legal equality, sovereignty,…
Current X-ray of the Bolivian economy | Radiografía actual de la economía boliviana
By Francesco Zaratti: In 2025, the Bolivian economy resembled a patient rushed into a hospital emergency room with multiple hemorrhages and a general condition of extreme anemia. The main hemorrhage (let’s say in the stomach) was caused by the subsidized import of 90% of the diesel oil consumed, which came to represent two billion dollars…
Justice Under Pressure | Justicia Bajo Presión
By Omar Escobar, Erbol: TESTIMONIES Calls, secret meetings, influence-peddling and favors: the plot behind the “consortium” case A minister, magistrates, court panel members, judges and prosecutors are mentioned in the “consortium” case, a scheme that, before exploding into public view, followed a path of calls, pressure, private meetings and unwritten agreements, according to statements accessed…
Bolivia: Plans Payroll Cuts and Deficit Reduction | Prevé recorte de planillas y baja del déficit
By Opinion: Government Plans to Cut Payrolls by 30% and Fiscal Deficit to Around 7% In its two-month management report, the Ministry of Economy highlighted that “the fuel subsidy was eliminated, which allowed savings of 240 million dollars.” The Ministry of Economy reported this Tuesday that, thanks to the elimination of fuel subsidies, the State…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 