The Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) reports that they want to bring the population to a higher level of income and well-being with sustainability and by taking care of the country’s natural resources. Agricultural machinery in the fields of Santa Cruz. Photo: RRSS Security, access to technological packages, land mortgage, lowering the penalty for smuggling, and…
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Food Prices in the Basic Basket Rise in Markets | Suben precios de alimentos de canasta familiar en mercados
El Diario: The products in the basic basket are experiencing price increases due to the dollar shortage. This situation leads to higher costs for agricultural products as well as cleaning and hygiene items in various supply centers in the cities of La Paz and El Alto. At the Miraflores market, the price of a pound…
Instability Hampers Economic Activity | Inestabilidad rezaga actividad económica
By El Diario: The country’s economic activity is being hindered by the climate of instability and social conflicts, directly affecting the national industry which has to contend with blockades and land seizures in the absence of proper regulatory enforcement. Bolivia has once again entered a wave of protests over various demands, including the shortage of…
Three Notes on the Crisis | Tres apuntes sobre la crisis
By Gregorio Lanza, El Deber: President Arce asserts that there is no structural economic crisis. He does this to conceal the downfall of the mixed community social model of which he imagines himself the creator. The entire structure of the model was based on gas revenues, 50% of which went directly to the Central Bank,…
Next dining destination | Próximo destino gastronómico
By Joe Yogerst, CNN: Why this is Latin America’s next dining destination Anticucho (beef heart brochette) with pinta boca potatoes and aji cream with peanuts at Ancestral in La Paz. Courtesy Patricio Crooker and Christian Gutierrez. CNN — Bolivia doesn’t seem like an obvious foodie destination. But the big, landlocked South American country is making waves in the culinary world via top-notch…
International Community Does Not Trust the MAS Government | Comunidad internacional no confía en el gobierno del MAS
El Diario: Criticizing the statements of the president of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Armin Dorgathen, and his attempt to blame regulations for the fuel shortage in the country, Walthy Egüez, a deputy from the Creemos party, argued that the issue lies in the international community’s distrust of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) government. Therefore,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 