By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Technical IMF Mission Meets with Government and Business Leaders in Santa Cruz The IMF is moving closer to Bolivia, which requires financial assistance / Photo: Internet The rapprochement comes amid negotiations promoted by the government to access a possible external financing program of up to $3 billion, and in a…
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Bolivia: No Puede Gobernarse Mediante la Política del Asedio | Cannot Govern Itself Through Siege Politics
Editorial, Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Constitución boliviana no establece un “veto callejero” sobre gobiernos elegidos democráticamente. Establece una república democrática regida por elecciones, sucesión constitucional, separación de poderes y procedimientos institucionales. Esa diferencia importa hoy, cuando sectores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y organizaciones aliadas llaman abiertamente a la renuncia del presidente Rodrigo Paz apenas…
New Land Deal | Nuevo pacto agrario
By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: After Meeting with the Government, Agricultural Sector Accepts Repeal of Law 1720 and Announces a New Regulation Leaders of Confeagro stated that the sector will not renounce its demands or legal certainty, while contemplating a new regulation within 60 days. [Watch video] / Klaus Frerking, top executive of the National Agricultural…
Dollar Pressure Despite Exports | Presión del dólar pese a exportaciones
By El Deber: Bolivia exports more, but pressure on the foreign exchange market persists Bolivian exports currently constitute the country’s main source of foreign currency inflows. The growth of exports helps sustain the inflow of dollars into the country, although experts warn that the settlement of foreign currency payments still takes months. Goods leave Santa…
Pay for Production | Pago por Producción
By Erbol: THE CURRENT ONE HARMS THEM Microentrepreneurs prepare labor law proposal based on the premise that payment should be tied to production Leader Guillermo Chávez explains the characteristics of the proposal. The microenterprise sector is drafting a new Labor Law that adapts to modern times and production methods, because it believes the current regulation…
Bolivia’s Long Socialist Decline | Setenta años de socialismo y decadencia boliviana
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Broken by Statism Bolivia’s economic collapse did not begin with Evo Morales or the MAS. The roots go much deeper. Since the 1952 National Revolution, generations of Bolivian politicians have embraced different versions of socialism, state control, and economic populism. The promise was always the same: more equality, more justice, more prosperity…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 