Adam Jourdan reports for Reuters: LA PAZ (Reuters) – The new chief of Bolivia’s state-owned lithium company YLB plans strict limits on foreign investment in extraction and processing of the white metal key to electric vehicle batteries, he told Reuters in his first interview with international media since taking the reins this month. Juan Carlos…
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Robert Brockmann escribe en Pagina Siete: El incidente hispano-mexicano en La Paz ilustra lo que le sucede a la política exterior de un país serio, como España, cuando ingresa al cada vez más exclusivo club de compinches ideológicos latinoamericanos y del Caribe, que es el ALBA. Los países del ALBA, incluida Bolivia durante el largo…
Unity is a new nation project – La unidad es un nuevo proyecto de nación
Gonzalo Chávez writes in Pagina Siete: Unity is a new nation project We begin 2020 with a task that seems Herculean and almost impossible to implement: the construction of a single party front that disputes the next national elections. Everything indicates that the Socialism Movement (MAS) will continue to be an important electoral and political…
Bolivia opens probe into 600 former Morales officials
AFP reports via France24: Bolivia’s interim government said Wednesday it would launch a corruption probe into nearly 600 officials of the former government, including ex-president Evo Morales “It has been decided to initiate investigations against 592 former officials,” Mathias Kutsch, the justice ministry’s chief anti-corruption investigator, told a press conference. The probe will include Morales,…
Gestión vergonzante en hidrocarburos
Hugo Del Granado describe con absoluta autoridad lo que el gobierno del cocalero “hizo” con nuestro sector de Hidrocarburos! Hugo escribe en Página Siete: El gobierno del MAS ha dejado muchas incógnitas en hidrocarburos, todas ellas sospechosamente corruptas. No se ha encontrado ninguna opinión positiva del largo período que administró el sector el gobierno saliente….
Bolivian Economic Challenges 101 for 2020
Juan Antonio Morales writes for Americas Quarterly: The Economic Challenges Facing Bolivia’s Next Government The country’s political crisis has masked concerning macroeconomic trends. In 2019, Bolivia’s political institutions were put to the test. In the new year, it may be the economy’s turn. Many are hoping elections slated for May will help quell the turmoil…
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