By Eju.tv: “These are clear lessons that Bolivia must consider: agreements in the legislature, stabilization policies, and later, growth policies that ensure continuity of economic progress,” said Ríos. Santa Cruz.– The recent defeat of Argentine president Javier Milei at the polls not only impacts Argentina’s politics and economy, but also offers important lessons for Bolivia,…
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Dollar Shortage: Restrictions Cause 40% Drop in Card Spending | Escasez de dólares: por restricciones, consumo con tarjetas cae en 40%
By Erika Ibáñez, La Razón: Guido Balcázar, general manager of Credit Card Administrator (ATC) Red Enlace, confirmed to La Razón that restrictions due to the dollar shortage have had a “significant” impact on card use. A person uses a debit card at an ATM. Photo: Social Media Credit and debit cards are a fundamental tool for modern…
Violence in Santa Cruz: Armed land-grabbers shoot and wound a worker at a farm in Guarayos | Violencia en Santa Cruz: Avasalladores armados hieren de bala a trabajador de un predio en Guarayos
By Unitel: More than 50 armed men with shotguns, sticks, and firecrackers, all wearing masks, violently entered the property. They set fire to everything in their path The “land-takers” even set fire to forested areas, according to the complaint A new case of land seizure was reported in the municipality of Ascensión de Guarayos, in…
Decalogue of Urgency for the Disaster in the Energy Sector | Decálogo de urgencia para el desastre generado en el sector energético
By Alvaro Rios, Brujula Digital: The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), in its two decades of government, has plunged the country into the worst energy disaster of its republican life. They squandered 13 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of gas reserves and wasted $67 billion in hydrocarbon exports. Bolivia is left with 1.3 TCF and declining hydrocarbon…
Tuto Quiroga warns BCB executives of prison if they don’t hand over 22 tons of gold | Tuto Quiroga advierte cárcel para ejecutivos del BCB si no entregan 22 toneladas de oro
By Erbol: CALLS TO UPHOLD THE LAW Jorge Tuto Quiroga shares an apthapi in the city of Satélite in El Alto this Saturday. Photo/Social networks Presidential candidate Jorge Tuto Quiroga warned this Saturday that he will initiate criminal proceedings against executives of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) if, on November 8—the date when the…
The Police Reform Bolivia Needs | El cambio policial que Bolivia necesita
Editorial, El Pais: Without an honest police force, no State can function and no citizen can trust it. The Bolivian Police has dragged for decades a problem that corrodes its very foundations: corruption. This is not just about a few “bad officers,” as is often claimed to minimize the issue. It is about a system…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 