Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: The urban unemployment rate rose from 4.5% to 8.7%, according to the INE Analysts believe that the index will remain in 2021 if the Government does not reactivate demand and seal alliances with sectors that are intensive in creating jobs. According to the National Institute of Statistics, at the end…
Category: Bolivia
Condor: en peligro – in peril
Los Tiempos: The Andean condor is reclassified as a species vulnerable to extinction The Andean condor, one of the largest birds in the world capable of flight, the national symbol of Bolivia and the Andean region of South America, was reclassified from a species almost threatened to vulnerable to extinction, according to the 2020 update…
Elogio – Praise
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: A praise from The Economist It must be the first time that The Economist magazine has put Bolivia on a very short list of countries it wants to praise, among the best of 2020. In its year-end edition, it first mentions New Zealand, for its exemplary handling of the pandemic: only…
Sighting of super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’
Milan Sime, Mongabay: A sighting of one of the rarest mammals in the world, the elusive Chacoan fairy armadillo, was recently documented by a team of Bolivian biologists. Seldom seen, the animal–which lives among the Gran Chaco dry forests of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay–has a population that is considered ‘data deficient’ by the IUCN, and…
¿Quién invertiría? – Who would invest?
Los Tiempos: They warn of flight of foreign investment with indefinite tax on wealth The application of the Tax on Large Fortunes (IGF) indefinitely and not only for two years, represents a disincentive to national and foreign capital that intends to invest in the country, which will seek alternatives in countries such as Paraguay, Uruguay…
Empatía y solidaridad, el mejor regalo de esta Navidad en pandemia – Empathy and solidarity, the best gift this Christmas in a pandemic
Ivone Juárez y Pamela Pomacahua, Pagina Siete: Página Siete collected some Bolivian wishes for Christmas. In these times of Covid-19 people want good health, first and foremost. “I want the pandemic to end as quickly as possible, and that the habit of taking care of our health, washing our hands, wearing the mask and taking…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 