An striking Editorial from El Diario: After the succession of setbacks that it suffered during this year, the country faces a panorama that is accentuated before the presence of other difficult and harsh problems to be solved. Among the latter is the one referred to the production of hydrocarbons that has entered in a moment…
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Bolivian money 101: What was the first banknote of Bolivia?
From Bolivia.com: In 1867, Bolivia had its first bill and this is the true story that few know. The history of the first banknotes of Bolivia. Photo: BCB The history of Bolivian, as it is known today, in the form of bills and coins, began in 1867, 42 years after the founding of the country…
Dangerous growth of external debt [… evo’s legacy!]
A good Editorial from El Diario, photo from Pagina Siete [03/25/2018]: When the times of financial boom have passed and it is necessary to live with what little you have, it is worrisome and dangerous that the government is determined to increase the country’s external debt. There are announcements that “there will be a new…
Bolivia arrives at exhibition in Paris with Aymara architecture and fashion
AFP reports for Pagina Siete: Ana Palza will be accompanied by the well-known Aymara dressmaker Bertha Acarapi and other seamstresses. Bolivia will arrive at “Geometries of the South: From Mexico to Patagonia”, an exhibition of the Cartier Foundation that will be inaugurated next Sunday in Paris, hand in hand with the Chola fashion, typical clothes…
Urgency to support national production
An Editorial from El Diario: Both at government levels and private entrepreneurs, declarations and formulated purposes in the sense of supporting national production are issued; it is said, almost pompously, that medium and small businesses will receive the necessary support to produce and, if possible, to grow and become large companies; but reality – always…
evo’s legacy: a fragile economy, our international reserves continue to fall down!
ANF reports for El Deber: ECONOMY International reserves fall by $1,354 million dollars International reserves mean savings that support the country’s economic stability. This year has presented a decline in relation to 2017 Net international reserves (NIR) continue in sharp decline and from December 2017 to September 21 this year recorded a fall of $1,354…
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