By Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores, El Deber: Private parties reveal that military attack generated speculation and ask the Government for dialogue to solve the dollar shortage The price of the currency, on the streets, is above the official price The failed military attack on June 26 generated speculation (around the dollar) and damaged the country’s image….
Category: Economics
Decline in the economy and fiscal deficit | Caída de la economía y un déficit fiscal
Brújula Digital: Milenio warns of a decline in the economy and a fiscal deficit above 12% Photo: Social Networks The Milenio Foundation warned of a “risky trend of economic decline” in the country and a “worsening of fiscal, monetary, exchange and financial imbalances.” It considers that the fiscal deficit could be above 12% of GDP…
Bolivia: between the exchange rate crisis and political instability | entre la crisis cambiaria y la inestabilidad política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is at a crucial moment, besieged by a deep economic crisis that is aggravated by recent political instability. A discouraging panorama that contrasts with the economic boom of the last decade, when the country experienced an “economic miracle” with annual growth of more than 4% and a notable reduction in poverty….
Capitalism: A Deeply Just System | Capitalismo: Un Sistema Profundamente Justo
By Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: What could be more just than being able to enjoy the fruits of our own labor? What could be more just than the right to earn a living freely according to our own abilities and talents? What could be more just than the assurance that our private property is protected…
Contraband challenges the Rule of Law | Contrabando desafía el Estado de Derecho
Editorial, El Deber: Recent attacks on the offices of the National Customs in Santa Cruz and the National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (Senasag) in Yacuiba by violent mobs of smugglers are raising alarms about the alarming situation Bolivia faces in its fight against this scourge. These events not only represent a serious…
Gov Prints Money to Cover Expenses | Gob imprime billetes para cubrir gastos
El Dia: Economist Suspects Government is Printing Money to Cover Expenses Dunn recommended the public to pay close attention to inflation figures. Two weeks ago, the Minister of Economy warned that inflation could rise and, in any case, it would be imported inflation. Economist Jaime Dunn expressed his suspicions that the government, in order to…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 