By Milton Condori, Vision 360: MAS Government Used International Reserves to Sustain the Fixed Exchange Rate for 15 Years, Analysts Say That exchange-rate regime dates back to 2011 and remained in force during the time the governments of the blue party were in power. This week, the government of Rodrigo Paz abolished it. The exchange…
Day: June 30, 2026
How to Bring Dollars Back into the Financial System | Cómo hacer que los dólares regresen al sistema financiero
By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: Over the past few weeks, Bolivia’s economic debate has revolved almost exclusively around the exchange rate. Economists, analysts, and commentators have discussed whether the dollar should rise, fall, float freely, or be fixed once again. However, while the spotlight remains focused on the price of the currency, a far more important…
Government Cuts Tariffs to Cushion the Impact of the New Dollar Exchange Rate | Gobierno reduce aranceles para amortiguar el impacto del nuevo dólar
By El Deber: The Government seeks to lessen the impact of the exchange rate flexibilization. Supreme Decree 5646 reduces import tariff rates by five percentage points for goods currently subject to duties of between 30% and 40%, with the measure remaining in effect until December 2027. The Executive Branch aims to prevent the new flexible…
Bolivian Quinoa Real Outperforms Global Varieties | Quinua real boliviana supera a variedades globales
By El Diario: Quinoa Shows Unique Nutritional Qualities Compared with Varieties from Eight Countries Professionals Mauricio Peñarrieta (UMSA) and Javier Linares (Lund University, Sweeden). CREDIT: UMSA Research led by the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA), in collaboration with Lund University in Sweden and carried out together with producers, public institutions, and international cooperation partners, found that quinoa realgrown…
Bolivia: Needs a Wartime Economy | Necesita una economía de guerra
Editorial, El Dia: Germany was in ruins in 1945, destroyed by war and suffocated by the price controls imposed by the Nazi regime. Bolivia is going through a similar situation: devastated after 53 days of criminal road blockades that wiped out more than $1 billion, destroyed foreign markets, and cost lives. Bolivia needs its own…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 