Bolivia’s elections marked the collapse of MAS and the rise of Rodrigo Paz with a moderate and inclusive economic discourse, signaling a shift away from extremes toward the political center.

With a discredited electoral body, economic meltdown and a fragmented political map, Bolivia faces elections that could trigger an institutional explosion.

Today's Bolivia is a weakened state, co-opted by illegal networks and unable to enforce the law in vast areas of the country.

The MAS' challenge for the next elections is to reinvent the populist discourse and adapt it to current times.

Looking ahead to the elections, a good part of the power will be shared among the three MAS factions, whose main leaders see how their opponents are tearing each other apart and cancelling each other out.

We have uncertainty, absence of government and loss of sense of politics, the ideal ingredients for a perfect political storm. 


We live in convulsive and contradictory times. On the one hand, we are living in an era that recommends being politically correct, careful in...

The promise that technology could change our lives and make us more prosperous is in crisis. Today we have more information than ever before, but our communication and learning has not improved one iota.

Judicial elections do not arouse expectations because people are convinced that, whoever wins, justice won't be more competent, faster and more honest than before. Quite the contrary.

Every coup needs a certain degree of citizen approval to be successful, a minimum level of legitimacy that Zúñiga's move lacks.