Susana Seleme Antelo describes how current central government’s behavior increases over time, we have to stop this nonsense! From El Deber: Abuses and further abuses Enter Palmasola, prison in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as family member or visitor, is an abuse: they mark the arm with seals of the police as to livestock, or…
Month: April 2013
Bolivian wins prestigious award for marketing in the U.S. industry: Daniel Marquez Rios
From El Deber: Bolivian wins prestigious award for marketing in the U.S. industry Daniel Márquez Ríos became the first young Bolivian businessman to receive the most prestigious award of the political consulting industry in the United States, awarded annually by The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), as it confirmed the award-winning company. The Pollie…
Bolivian Mining tax 101: zero over zero, equal zero
Henry Oporto writes in Pagina Siete: Mining tax: zero over zero, equal zero The Ministry of mines, through its director of Legal Affairs Juan Carlos Carrasco, has confirmed that they want a 55% stake in mining projects operated by private utilities for Comibol. Percentage which would be set for contracts of Association of the State…
Current Bolivian president’s legacy…
An exceptional analysis by Franklin E. Alcaraz Del C. in El Dia: Evo’s Legacy When Evo is gone, because one day he will go, he will leave a country that has tried almost everything. Will leave, in spite of him surely, a country divided like never before. Divided racially, politically and, what is worse, consciously….
Bolivia to experience dollar black market due to governmental inefficiencies
An important warning that current government should consider seriously as in the past, the black market on dollar exchange has caused inflation, speculation and less competitiveness to our economic activities. From Los Tiempos: BY TAX BURDEN | The national private banking provides that it will have to abandon the sale of foreign currency because of…
Bolivian banking system 101: is it profitable to save? do we have an alternative?
An interesting and clear economic analysis by Karina Moreno Sainz in El Deber: How much banks pay savers? Saving is the act by which a part of the possible present consumption is waived in order to achieve an increase of future consumption. This sacrifice requires compensation, which comes to be passive interest rate, sometimes, more…
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