Editorial, Los Tiempos: Once again, the Bolivian State has lost an arbitration before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the international body established by the World Bank for these disputes between States and private investors. The arbitration that the State has lost this time was filed in 2018 by the Spanish group…
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Bolivia: returns to hydrocarbon deficit | vuelve al déficit en hidrocarburos
Editorial, El Deber: After 30 years, what was seen to come and what those who know were warning about finally happened: Bolivia has a deficit between exports and imports of hydrocarbons; this means that more is spent on buying fuel from abroad than what is earned from the sale of natural gas. According to official…
Jichisat: The equipment created to alert river overflows | El equipo creado para alertar desbordes de ríos
Opinion: Three electronic engineers developed the equipment, with PVC pipes and sensors, which notifies, through Telegram, the unusual increase in the water flow. They seek that the authorities can adopt the project to apply it in Cochabamba. In recent years, Cochabamba has experienced several episodes of natural disasters due to overflowing rivers. In addition to…
Bolivian Santiago Arana is the tenth best-selling US realtor and sold property worth $580 million last year | Boliviano Santiago Arana es el décimo agente inmobiliario de EE. UU. con mayores ventas y vendió propiedades por valor de 580 millones de dólares el año pasado
RYAN HOGG, Business Insider: Here’s how I went from waiting tables for Brad Pitt and Oprah to selling homes to Lady Gaga and LeBron James He worked his way up from being a busboy by networking and finding a mentor who was like him. Arana found success during a housing market crash by upping the…
In Bolivia, women earn 13% less in managerial positions | En Bolivia las mujeres ganan un 13% menos en cargos de jefatura
Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: The difference in income in favor of men is a constant, according to the Cedla Economic violence can be interpreted as the material dispossession of resources, income and assets; and implies the non-exercise of the right to access or dispose of them. Economic violence is also manifested in the sphere…
Chapare: Priorities | Prioridades
The first banana export happened under the Alternative Development program, a USAID project. Such export only happened since there were two trucks that came from Arica, Chile with tires and went back empty. The project gave high quality bananas, planting and harvesting techniques, credit, as well as marketing assistance to the banana unions that started…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 