Posted on 08/14/2025 9:35:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Economic turmoil as elections loom.
Bolivia’s economy is on the brink of collapse. The country is experiencing its highest inflation in 38 years: in June alone, prices rose by 5.2%, which is not only three times higher than Argentina’s inflation, but also equivalent to what Peru records in two or three years. Bolivia is also facing a shortage of US dollars and a wave of protests and road blockades, which exacerbates another problem: the lack of goods. From medicines and chicken to cooking oil and gasoline, Bolivians struggle to find basic products, and when they do, they pay exorbitant prices.
This is happening in the midst of an election year. The current president, Luis Arce, has an 80% disapproval rating according to a Delphi survey, and former president Evo Morales (from the same party) cannot run for office because the Constitutional Court has barred him from seeking yet another term. This has fueled an open power struggle between the two leaders, both wanting to control the party and the country. Each accuses the other of the economic collapse and undermining democracy, while Morales’s road blockades and demonstrations have deepened the shortages. Some polls suggest that if the economic situation persists, there could be a massive wave of migration to neighboring countries.
In 2021, Bolivia had the lowest inflation rate in South America, even lower than that of the United States, and one of the region’s fastest-growing economies over the last 30 years. To understand the current turmoil, we need to go back to 2006, when Evo Morales and his party, the Movement for Socialism (MAS), won the elections. This was a turning point for Bolivia—not only because he broke away from the country’s aspiring free-market...
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It is socialism....Don’t believe your lying eyes and ears. This is utopia.
“To understand the current turmoil, we need to go back to 2006, when Evo Morales and his party, the Movement for Socialism (MAS), won the elections.”
People in NYC better heed this. Tell me one time when Socialism has worked for any country.
Lower than Russia ...
“Tell me one time when Socialism has worked for any country.”
This time it will be different ...
If wishes were horses, we wouldn’t need the bill of rights.
Huga Chavez waves Hola
Either the conservative or the more-conservative will win this election. The people are looking across the border to Argentina , hoping to get their own Milei.
Sure ... just like the Democrats will start telling the truth about anything.
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