Agence-France Presse reports via Yahoo News: Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez on Tuesday named former senator Oscar Ortiz as the Latin American country’s new economy minister, just two months before elections. Ortiz replaced Jose Luis Parada, who has been economy minister since Anez was sworn in last November after ex-president Evo Morales resigned. The government…
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Alliance for employment and production – Alianza por el empleo y la producción
Jimmy Ortiz writes in El Deber: Alliance for employment and production The economic and social consequences that the Coronavirus crisis has left us, will have to be faced among all. The fall in GDP in Bolivia, by 5.9%, will be the worst in national history. The world expects a 5.2% drop, which will mean “the…
Informality and resilience in the pandemic – Informalidad y resiliencia en la pandemia
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Informality and resilience in the pandemic In Bolivia the development pattern has always been primary exporter and it seems that it will continue to be; all bets on industrialization have failed. The mentality of Bolivians, of the political authorities, of businessmen and of the popular sectors is extractivist, together…
The economy is bad, but not so bad – La economía está mal, pero no tan mal
Rolando Morales writes in Pagina Siete: The economy is bad, but not so bad The economy ended battered in 2019, so it was expected to have a bad year in 2020, in addition to the pandemic that plagues the entire world. However, the evolution in the first quarter was not as bad as feared: according…
Informality and overcrowding – Informalidad y hacinamiento
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Informality and overcrowding It was necessary to have a lot of ignorance to say that Bolivia in these years was going to be the same as Switzerland in terms of development and well-being, but demagoguery did not prevent it, what is more, all its obsequents applauded that exaggeration and…
Between power and death – Entre el poder y la muerte
Renzo Abruzzese writes in Pagina Siete: Between power and death An unprecedented dilemma has put the political system in trouble, two irreducible principles are faced: the principle of opportunity and that of public health. In the first, the political conditions that would eventually lead to an electoral victory are prioritized, it is a question of…
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