By Gonzalo Chávez, Brujula Digital: These are anxious times in Bolivia and around the world. Some people change their cellphone and expect their love life to improve the next day, with all their followers suddenly seeing them as a heartthrob. Others start a new diet on Monday and by Tuesday complain because they still do…
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Foreign Exchange Market Operates with Multiple Dollar Exchange Rates | Mercado cambiario opera con varias cotizaciones del dólar
By El Diario: Despite the new flexible exchange rate regime and the new official exchange rate implemented just over a week ago, the dollar continues to trade at different rates in the market. The parallel market remains active, with the selling price exceeding 11 bolivianos per dollar, while the rate published by the Central Bank…
Fuel, LPG, and Natural Gas Imports Loom | Se Acercan las Importaciones de combustible, GLP y gas natural
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Analyst: New Hydrocarbons and Investment Laws Will Deliver Results in Five Years; Meanwhile, Bolivia Will Need to Import Fuel, LPG, and Natural Gas The conditions for importing those energy products are foreign currency and real prices, expert Raúl Velásquez warned. Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). Photo YPFB The approval of…
Bolivia Misses the Hormuz Moment | Bolivia pierde el momento
By Oscar Antezana: THE WORLD AFTER HORMUZ The closure of the Strait of Hormuz—the artery through which nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil flows—not only drove up energy prices. It disrupted supply chains, accelerated inflation, slowed growth, and forced governments and businesses to rethink strategic decisions that will shape the next decade. Although Washington and…
Expert Calls Chile’s Nighttime Border Closure an “Unfriendly Act” | Especialista califica como “acción inamistosa” actitud de Chile por cierre nocturno de la frontera
By Brújula Digital: Martínez warned that this measure violates the 1904 Treaty and its 1937 supplementary protocol, which guarantee Bolivia free transit “at all times, in all places, and for all types of goods.” Stranded trucks / Unitel Diplomat and international affairs analyst Ricardo Martínez described as “an unfriendly and bad-faith action” the unilateral decision by the…
Three Factors Will Shape the Course of Private Fuel Imports | Tres factores marcan el rumbo de la importación privada de carburantes
By Erika Segales, El Deber: Fuel supply lines continue, mainly in the country’s central axis. / Photo: Ricardo Montero The opening of the fuel market represents a significant change aimed at ending the monopoly and reducing pressure on international reserves, but it requires dollars, efficient logistics, and clear regulations The availability of U.S. dollars, logistics…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 