By Unitel, El Diario: Provision creates uncertainty President Luis Arce approved Supreme Decree 5327, which, according to tax expert Jasmine Daza, “puts all Bolivian companies on red alert” due to a provision included in the regulation that allegedly modifies the Profit Tax (IU). The specific point Daza refers to is the second additional provision, which…
Day: February 8, 2025
Are lithium contracts profitable? | ¿Son rentables los contratos del litio?
By Francesco Zaratti: The profitability of the contracts that “Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos” (YLB) intends to sign with the Russian company Uranium and the Chinese consortium CBC is their real Achilles heel. The expenses of the project are determined by each company’s investments and operating costs, so that, to justify the profitability of these contracts,…
The long and winding libertarian birth of Upper Peru | El largo y sinuoso parto libertario del Alto Perú
By Raúl Rivero,, Brújula Digital: Sculpture representing Alejo Calatayud/Wikicommons Despite being on the brink of celebrating the 200th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of Upper Peru, now the Republic of Bolivia, historians continue to delve into the causes that led the inhabitants of the former Audiencia of Charcas to wait 16 years from…
