By El Diario: Lawyer Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales states Mining law specialist Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales warned that Bolivian mining is paralyzed by legal uncertainty, Law 535, and heavy bureaucracy, despite the country having more than 9,000 companies and around 1,700 registered cooperatives. In an interview with EL DIARIO, she said that reactivating the sector requires a clear…
Day: December 15, 2025
US Mission Eyes Investment in Bolivia | Misión de EEUU explora inversiones en Bolivia
By Visión 360: A U.S. Government mission arrives in Bolivia to explore investment opportunities The purpose of the visit is to carry out an assessment of the country’s commercial situation and identify areas with investment potential. Members of the mission who arrived in Bolivia. Photo: U.S. Embassy Press An economic mission from the United States…
Zombie Firms Cost Billions | Empresas zombi cuestan miles de millones
By Erbol: Zombie Companies and the ‘Industrialization Scam’ Wasted US$2.595 Billion Lupo presented the figures of the “waste.” The government presented on Monday the figures of what it called the “great waste” and “corruption” of MAS governments in initiatives such as the creation of state-owned companies that ended up bankrupt, becoming “zombies,” and the “scam”…
Urban Mestizaje Emerges | Emerge el mestizaje urbano
By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Bolivia, the unfolding of multiple mestizajes When analyzing the first round of the national elections of August 2025, we observe that the legitimacy of the Plurinational State founded by the MAS in the 2009 Constitution has collapsed; it may continue to exist in the wording of that Constitution, but it…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 