Gonzalo Chavez, Los Tiempos: Surplus income generators are exhausted. The hydrocarbons sector in 2014 produced 5,489 million dollars of income and has dropped to 2,289 million. The electricity sector does not generate surpluses. On the contrary, Bolivia has an offer of 3,500 MW and only consumes half. The rest is lost. The mining sector, although…
Category: Economics
Bolivia está al borde de una crisis económica – Bolivia is on the brink of an economic crisis
The Economist: Tras dos décadas de políticas estatistas, el modelo económico del país está en quiebra “Dolares no faltan”, anuncia una pancarta en la página principal del banco central de Bolivia. “Nuestra economía es fuerte, solvente y estable”. La necesidad de decirlo sugiere lo contrario. Durante las últimas semanas, los bolivianos han estado tratando desesperadamente…
General crisis of the Plurinational State – Crisis general del Estado Plurinacional
Editorial, El Diario: It is undeniable that the governments of Evo Morales between 2006 and 2019 had led to an economic, political, moral crisis, etc., which required political rectification, before it was too late. In effect, the population entered a revolutionary political situation that led to a popular insurrection in November 2019, which forced the…
What can we really expect from masismo? – ¿Qué podemos esperar realmente del masismo?
14+ years of government show us that they are good at squandering, using what exists and squeezing it for their own benefit. Nothing else. What remains to be done? resist, unite and trust nothing of this corrupt horde. 14+ años de gobierno nos demuestran que son buenos para dilapidar, para usar lo que existe y…
Resounding fall of the masista economic policy – Estrepitosa caida de la política económica masista
Editorial, Página Siete: The Bolivian model in question Luis Arce, former Minister of Economy and current President of Bolivia, has promoted himself nationally and internationally as the creator and executor of the productive community social economic model and which, due to its apparent success during the 14 years of Evo Morales’ government, has been cataloged…
Bolivia Burns Through Its Special Drawing Rights, IMF Data Show – Bolivia se quema a través de sus derechos especiales de giro, muestran datos del FMI
Maria Elena Vizcaino, Bloomberg, Finance Yahoo: Bolivia Bonds sink as Nation’s International Reserves Dwindle (Bloomberg) — Bolivia has all but exhausted its Special Drawing Rights from the International Monetary Fund, deepening a currency crisis in one of Latin America’s poorest nations. The country had just 39.09 million SDRs, reserve assets that work like an overdraft…
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