By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Carnival Moves More Than US$500 Million and Consolidates Itself as a Driver of Tourism and the Cultural Economy Oruro Is Bolivia’s Most Famous Carnival The festival mobilizes an extensive value chain ranging from artisans and musicians to hoteliers and merchants, with Oruro as the main epicenter and a strong boost…
Bolivia’s Digital Dollar Holds Above BCB Rate | El dólar digital en Bolivia sigue por encima del BCB
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: Digital Dollar Price Stays Above the BCB Reference as the Market Stabilizes The price of the parallel dollar remains stable / Photo: Archive Despite a slight slowdown over the weekend, the quotation of the digital dollar in Bolivia continues to show a considerable gap compared with the reference value of…
Make the State Pay for the Crisis | Que el Estado Cargue la Crisis
By Erbol: DON’T LOAD THE CRISIS ONTO THE PEOPLE Dunn calls to “dismantle” the State: reduce payrolls, superfluous spending, and unproductive investments. Dunn says the State should bear the suffering from the anti-crisis measures. In his view of the government’s economic policy, financial analyst and former presidential candidate Jaime Dunn observed that what is missing…
Madre de Dios: River Under Siege | Río bajo asedio
By Vision 360: Interactive map: this is what the devastation caused by alluvial mining on the Madre de Dios River looks like Alluvial mining in Madre de Dios not only affects the environment, but also violates fundamental rights of the Indigenous nations that inhabit this part of the country, rich in biodiversity. Cover of the…
Bolivian Artist Paints the Pope | Pintor boliviano retrata al Papa
By Brújula Digital: Bolivian Artist Commissioned to Paint a Portrait of Pope Leo XIV The commission from the Vatican adds to a career of more than three decades for the painter, who has lived in Los Angeles for 30 years and has developed an extensive career in institutional and private portraiture Juan Fernando Bastos shows…
Dollars to Stabilize Bolivia | Dólares para estabilizar Bolivia
By Erbol: THREE MONTHS INTO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION Economist: the Government needs freely available dollars and the easiest path is the IMF Hagamos Democracia panel this Sunday Economist Gonzalo Chávez assessed the first three months of the Government’s economic management and warned that one of the main pending challenges is obtaining freely available dollars, a…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 