ANF reports for Pagina Siete: The National Chamber of Commerce (CNC) recommended, in a statement issued yesterday, that given the economic imbalances that were generated in Argentina, and that make foresee consequences in the regional and national economy, some adjustments in Bolivian economic policy should be promoted. “This serious imbalance in the Argentine economy will…
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Bolivia endures Post Office service disaster! … of course, “thanks” to evo!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Economic analysis Post Office Disaster Since February [2018], Bolivia is the only country in the world that does not have a postal service, because the government of President Evo Morales decided to close the service that existed and “replace” it with one that does not finish functioning. Citizens living…
Bolivia: Banana shipments to Argentina drop from 40 trucks a week to 4
Fresh Plaza reports, photos from the inetrnet: Producers of plantain, palmito, and pineapple from the Tropic of Cochabamba are worried due to the closing of markets and the fall in their production. The general coordinator of the Agricultural Chamber of Cochabamba (CAC), Rolando Morales, said that the closure of markets in Argentina had affected palm…
evo’s populist government fails one more time!
El Diario reports: Non-traditional production does not increase Government without horizon for exports The IDB launched a proposal for a Latin American Free Trade Agreement and Bolivian businessmen say they are willing to take on challenges Neighboring countries move to increase the sale of manufactured products to the world market and Bolivia continues to prioritize…
Lava Jato in Bolivia: Boon or Bane for Evo Morales?
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Will an inquiry into Bolivia’s potential ties to the massive Lava Jato bribery scandal help Evo Morales, or derail his bid for a fourth presidential term? Next month, Bolivian lawmakers will issue a much-anticipated report on the country’s ties to the massive Lava Jato (Operation Carwash) bribery scandal. When President Evo Morales…
Bolivian chefs are trading colonial cuisine for national pride
Jen Rose Smith reports for CNN: La Paz, Bolivia (CNN) — Midway through a 17-course tasting menu at Gustu, a La Paz restaurant where dinner and drinks for two could cost more than many Bolivians could afford, a plate arrived bearing three translucent cubes of ceviche. The chewy, sweet-tasting meat was lagarto, a reptile known in…
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