Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The oil companies advise the government to correct the rules that apply in that industry if it wants to replace the reserves that have been exploited restlessly since 2006, until they are exhausted. The government has responded, through YPFB, that it now intends to make “the largest investment in history” in…
Category: Economics
Forgetful, baseless optimism and glued to the rearview mirror | Olvidadizo, exitista y pegado al retrovisor
Editorial, Página Siete: President Luis Arce, in his speech for the national anniversary, compared his government to that of Jeanine Añez, whom he stopped calling a coup leader to describe it as “disastrous”; he highlighted “historical” economic figures of her management, but omitted the negative indicators of the economy; he denounced destabilization and did not…
Another lost arbitration | Otro arbitraje perdido
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Once again, the Bolivian State has lost an arbitration before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the international body established by the World Bank for these disputes between States and private investors. The arbitration that the State has lost this time was filed in 2018 by the Spanish group…
Imposition, instead of consensus – Imposición, en vez de consenso
Editorial, Página Siete: Although the government of Luis Arce is less strident than that of Evo Morales, both are very similar in the exercise of power. For example, if they do not have a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Assembly to elect high-ranking state officials, they issue decrees for their direct appointment. This mechanism was…
Bolivia: returns to hydrocarbon deficit | vuelve al déficit en hidrocarburos
Editorial, El Deber: After 30 years, what was seen to come and what those who know were warning about finally happened: Bolivia has a deficit between exports and imports of hydrocarbons; this means that more is spent on buying fuel from abroad than what is earned from the sale of natural gas. According to official…
In Bolivia, women earn 13% less in managerial positions | En Bolivia las mujeres ganan un 13% menos en cargos de jefatura
Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: The difference in income in favor of men is a constant, according to the Cedla Economic violence can be interpreted as the material dispossession of resources, income and assets; and implies the non-exercise of the right to access or dispose of them. Economic violence is also manifested in the sphere…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 