El Diario: Bolivia increasingly closer to economic disaster The fall in the Net International Reserves (RIN) of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), the shortage of dollars, fuel and the excessive rise in food prices, a situation that has been going on since the last administration, added to the growing external debt, show a complicated…
Category: Economics
Economic waste – MAS – Despilfarro económico
El Diario: Economic waste of the MAS forces the Government to instruct austerity measures After learning of a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy in which public sector entities are instructed to apply austerity measures to “precaute financial stability,” the senator for the Citizen Community (CC), Andrea Barrientos, pointed out that the waste of…
Bolivian economy will be the only one in crisis in South America | Economía boliviana será la única en crisis en Sudamérica
El Diario: International organizations observe a complex picture of the Bolivian economy, with the reduction of reserves, a high country risk and low foreign investment. In this framework, economists maintain that Bolivia will be among the economies in crisis in South America, if its model does not change. The economist and former authority of the…
Lies, deceptions of bankrupt masismo | Mentiras, engaños del masismo en bancarrota
Erbol, El Diario: They associate ‘statistical tables’ of ministers with misleading mirrors Given the recent crusade of President Luis Arce’s ministers, exposing statistical data on the economic situation, analyst Luis Eduardo Siles stated that “the economic charts” resemble the little mirrors brought by the Spanish to deceive the indigenous people during the colonial era. He…
Worst impossible? | ¿Peor imposible?
Editorial. El Deber: The first week of 2024 has passed. Even in adverse situations, the arrival of a new year helped renew faith and hope to improve what was done in the previous 12 months. But this time it was different; In just six days the most fervent wishes were shattered because Bolivia is experiencing…
There are NO dollars | 1 US$ = Bs7,8 | NO hay dólares
El Diario: In the parallel market it costs more than Bs 7.8 per unit Mobilizations announced due to shortage of dollars in the country Given the prolonged shortage of dollars in the national market, importers announced a mobilization, since this currency is used in different international trade transactions. The need to acquire the currency leads…
