A report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), excerpts follow: Bolivia Has World’s Largest Informal Economy “The shadow economy is, by nature, difficult to measure, as agents engaged in shadow economy activities try to remain undetected. The request for information about the extent of the shadow economy and its developments over time is motivated…
Month: January 2018
Certainly, Bolivia’s country brand cannot be an egocentric demagogue individual!
Great considerations by Pagina Siete regarding the caudillo’s image who wants to remain in power ad-infinitum: In the sights Is Evo the country brand? It was a nonsense of Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni to say that the country brand of Bolivia is Evo. You can not put the party interest above the national interest. The…
Bolivia Tells President His Time Is Up. He Isn’t Listening, he just does as he pleases, a damn autocrat!
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: This is a good article, however, it lacks some precision which I address inside [ ] throughout it, thank you: Nicholas Casey reports for The New York Times: Bolivia Tells President His Time Is Up. He Isn’t Listening. LA PAZ, Bolivia — When he was 46, Rene Paucara voted for Evo Morales,…
Extreme poverty remained stagnant while evo wasted over $240 billion dollars!
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Over the last twelve years, Bolivia lived under a mirage … the best economic times ever, under the worst and inept government ever! The mirage consisted also with all the cash that came into our country in the form of: remittances from Bolivian people forced to leave as there was NO jobs…
Bolivian Northwest recovered brazilnut [chestnut] sales
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: I never understood why castaña [Bertholletia excelsa] is worldwide known as brazilian nuts … given that more of the castaña that goes to the international markets come from Bolivia?! In any case, is good news Bolivian supply is catching up, what needs to be resolved is to eliminate state intervention. Under the…
TODAY 01/26/2018 – Caravan of protest and march of torches in Santa Cruz, our patience was exhausted!!
ANF reports via El Diario: In defense of the referendum on February 21 Preparing a caravan of protest and march of torches in Santa Cruz • The mobilizations will start tomorrow from 4:00 pm and will gather by the Christ the Redeemer The spokesman of the Coordination for Democracy of Santa Cruz, Víctor Hugo Valda,…
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