By Aldo Aguilera, El Dia: Fuel shortages worsen, while a minister claims the situation is normalizing At the gas station on Cristo Redentor Avenue and Seventh Ring, the double line of vehicles completely blocked the lane heading north. Illustrative image. Photo: Archive. The fuel shortage and long lines at gas stations worsened this Friday in…
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Bolivian Narcoeconomy | Narcoeconomía boliviana
By Gonzalo Colque, Vision 360: Far from operating in secrecy, drug trafficking moves in broad daylight, injecting millions into the national economy. Drug trafficking is often taught in university classrooms as an “underground economy” that operates in the shadows, but this view is misleading. In daily life, it is visible to everyone: businesses with few…
Tour guides claim that the dollar shortage has reduced sector activities by 40% | Guías turísticos aseguran que la falta de dólares disminuyó el 40% de las actividades del sector
By El Dia: They argue that the lack of foreign currency and social conflicts have impacted tour guides since 2023. Illustrative image. The president of the Tour Guides Association, Sandro Díaz, stated that the dollar shortage in the country, along with social conflicts, has affected and caused losses in the sector. He estimates that between…
The Agricultural Sector Calls for Economic Policy Change to Prevent Shortages | El agro pide cambio en la política económica y evitar desabastecimiento
By El Diario: The government, instead of addressing issues affecting the national economy, such as the shortage of dollars and fuel, is moving in the opposite direction by hindering production, exports, and all activities in the production chains. These actions put the future supply of various products at risk, according to a statement from the…
Bolivia’s country risk has increased by more than 600% | Riesgo país de Bolivia creció más de 600%
By El Diario: In the last 5 years Bolivia’s country risk on February 19, 2020 (five years ago) was only 275 points, but by December 31, 2024, it had risen to 2,087 points. From March 15, 2023, the indicator surpassed the 1,000-point mark, reaching 1,033 points, coinciding with the beginning of the currency crisis, which…
Bolivians Attribute the Current Economic Situation to Arce’s Mismanagement and the Failure of the MAS Model | Los bolivianos atribuyen la situación económica actual a la mala gestión de Arce y al fracaso del modelo del MAS
By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: Perception Survey A total of 63.9% of respondents blamed the country’s economic difficulties on President Luis Arce’s poor management, while 39.1% attributed it to the exhaustion or failure of the current economic model People see the rising prices of goods as a risk. Photo: ABI A survey conducted using…
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