Blockades Bleed Bolivia | Los bloqueos desangran a Bolivia

By Eju.tv: Road blockades generate daily losses of up to US$60 million and put investments at risk, industrialists warn The president of the National Chamber of Industries (CNI), Gonzalo Morales, also warned that the productive and logistics chain of industries is being affected, as well as the cold chain for food and medicines. Amid the…

Low Productivity Traps Bolivia | Bolivia atrapada en la baja productividad

By El Diario: Bolivia continues to rank among the least productive and competitive economies in Latin America, a situation that helps explain its weak economic growth, shortage of formal jobs, and limited improvement in household incomes. This lag is neither recent nor temporary, but the result of structural problems that have accumulated over time and…

Work, Dialogue, and the Future | Trabajo, diálogo y futuro

By Unitel: Business Leaders: “The future is not built on intolerance and violence, but on work” In a context in which mobilizations against Supreme Decree 5503 are still taking place, the Confederation of Entrepreneurs said that a shared vision of the country is required to restore dialogue and trust. [Reference photo: CEPB] / “The coming…

The Two Bolivian Models | Los dos modelos bolivianos

Editorial, El Dia: In Bolivia, two very different ways of understanding work, wealth, and time coexist. This is not a cultural or regionalist debate in any superficial sense; it is a profound difference in business models. On one side, there is the short-term extractive model, shaped by the logic of the lucky break. On the…

Informal Market Vendors Focus on Economic Reactivation | Gremiales Apuntan a la Reactivación Económica

By Unitel: Nationwide informal market vendors will not mobilize and will focus on economic reactivation, says sector representative The national secretary of the informal market vendors, Mercedes Quisbert, reported that the sector will not mobilize and will instead focus on economic reactivation during the peak end-of-year season. Informal market vendors focus on economic reactivation Mercedes…