By DANIEL ZENTENO, La Razon: As of November 2024, the United Arab Emirates accounted for 96% of purchases of Bolivian gold jewelry. A goldsmith in his workshop. The gold jewelry sector experienced significant growth in 2024. After a 2023 marked by low figures and limited markets, jewelry exports reached $168.4 million by November 2024, compared…
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Futile Struggle Against Rising Prices | Inútil lucha contra el alza de precios
Editorial, El Diario: As there is no effect without a cause, the rising cost of food essential for survival is evident in the country. Firstly, the MAS is the primary culprit behind the increase in the prices of native agricultural products, stemming from the failed agrarian policies of Evo Morales Ayma’s three governments, compounded by…
Lithium contracts: a desperate bet | Los contratos del litio: una apuesta desesperada
By Francesco Zaratti: It is indisputable that Bolivia has missed several trains of the industrial development of lithium from salt pans. This blameworthy delay is due to two reasons: the amateurism of those in charge of conducting this process in the government of Evo Morales and the straitjackets of the Constitution and the mining and…
The average Bolivian could lose up to half of the purchasing power of their income | El boliviano promedio podría perder hasta la mitad del poder adquisitivo de sus ingresos
By Gonzalo Colque, Vision 360: Crisis in the Pocket: When the Bolivian Loses Purchasing Power An inflation rate of 10% or more can be considered an invisible tax, with a real impact far greater for consumers. We closed 2024 with high inflation rates: a 9.97% variation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and 15.4% in…
Medicines: Shortages and Rising Prices | Desabastecimiento y alza de precios
By Vision 360: Shortages and Rising Prices: The Deadly Impact of the Dollar Shortage, According to Importers and Manufacturers Cifabol and Asprofar agree that the zero tariff for medicine imports, implemented by the government last year and valid until March 2025, is not a solution. The pharmacy of the Hospital de Clínicas in La Paz,…
MAS: Liquidity crisis in banks, you cannot dispose of your own money! | Crisis de liquidez en los bancos, ¡no puedes disponer de tu propio dinero!
By El Diario: Banks worsen the liquidity crisis by implementing a “corralito,” leaving customers defenseless Banks have long imposed limits on the use of the U.S. dollar, but now this measure also applies to bolivianos. Customers can no longer access their savings based on their needs but rather according to the cash availability of the…
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