Editorial, Pagina Siete: The worrying unemployment figures Bolivian workers have arrived on May 1 in the middle of the worst economic crisis caused by the pandemic and with the highest unemployment rate in recent years, which as of February reaches 8.93%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). According to the Millennium…
Month: May 2021
The world watches Arce – El mundo mira a Arce
Editorial, Pagina Siete: If President Luis Arce believed that the persecution undertaken by his government against former President Jeanine Añez and her collaborators would not have a cost for his administration, he was wrong. The European Parliament approved by 396 votes in favor, 267 against and 28 abstentions, a very harsh resolution that condemns “the…
Wiphala: an invention that harms – un invento que perjudica
Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: The wiphala In a statement made to television, the Aymara politician and philosopher Fernando Untoja declared that the wiphala was a recent invention. No ancestors or thousands of years old of which there are no traces. According to Untoja, Don Germán Choquehuanca invented it at his house and even using his…
Luis Arce: a true leader? – ¿un verdadero líder?
NOT! It is enough to see the waste of the previous 14 years, it is enough to see that evo meets with businessmen in the Chapare, usurping functions and dispensing with the Executive, ignoring Luis. It is enough to verify that he does NOT have economic or health policies, nothing! As president, he is just…
And now what? – ¿Y ahora qué?
Editorial, El Diario: Low possibility of economic improvement Government authorities affirmed that the national economy weakened during the government of Jeanine Áñez, that the current situation is critical but that the system will be reactivated, dictating urgent measures to improve public consumption, which would determine an improvement of the productive apparatus and the economy in…
Moody’s expects 3% of GDP in the future and alerts high debt – Moody’s prevé un 3% de PIB a futuro y alerta elevada deuda
Pagina Siete: The challenge is to pay off the debt, raise the NIRs and control the deficit, the firm said. The Risk Rating Agency Moody’s Investor Service, forecasts that economic growth in Bolivia this year will recover above 4%, but in the future it will stand at 3% and warns of risks regarding the high…
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