Brujula Digital, El diario: The US currency is still scarce The scarcity of dollars persists in the city of La Paz, while its price in the parallel market remains at 8.40 bolivianos, despite the agreement reached three weeks ago between the government and private businesses to stabilize the US currency in the country. Brújula Digital…
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The wage policy is destroying dignified employment | La política salarialista está destruyendo el empleo digno
Ronald Nostas, El Deber: A few days ago, the Bolivian Labor Federation (COB), which represents less than 10% of the country’s workers, presented the government with a list of 152 demands that include measures in the political, legal, and economic spheres, most of which are outside its responsibility and competence. Of all these demands, the…
Seven Urgent Liberal Reforms | Siete reformas liberales de urgencia
Antonio Saravia, Brujula DIgital: Today concludes three unforgettable weeks. For most of February, and just as we did last June, we toured several cities in the country talking about liberalism. Once again, we shook up the board and shifted the ideological needle by proposing measures to pull the country out of crisis and decisively set…
Lack of dollars, an offense to common sense | Falta de dólares, una ofensa al sentido común
Editorial, El Deber: The dollar and the economy There is no doubt that the year 1985 marks a profound turning point in Bolivia’s political and economic history for several reasons. The country needed to emerge from a whirlwind of hyperinflation and ungovernability that marked the three stormy years of the government of the Popular Democratic…
Bolivia’s Socialist Rulers Mend Ties With Capitalists in a Nation on the Brink | Los líderes socialistas de Bolivia restablecen lazos con capitalistas en una nación al borde del abismo
Marcelo Rochabrun, Sergio Mendoza and Zijia Song, Bloomberg, Finance, Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Bolivia’s socialist government is mending ties with business leaders it once snubbed as it grapples to prevent a dollar shortage from crashing the economy. Finance Ministry and other government officials met last week with representatives from sectors including finance, manufacturing, construction and pharmaceuticals,…
1904: THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE IN BOLIVIA | EL PRIMER AUTOMOVIL EN BOLIVIA
Miguel Salas Aguilar: 1904 / 1944: THE “CHAUCHEROS” (Part two. History of transportation in Oruro) 1904, THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE IN BOLIVIA Don Rene Canelas recounts: “In 1904, the first cars, the first automobiles, arrived from the United States by Mr. Jesús Aguayo. Their small plates read ‘SPECIAL CARRIAGE’ ‘MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MR. J. AGUAYO. UNDER…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 