Pagina Siete reports: Will certify, internationally, the three ports of the waterway The three ports on the Paraguay-Paraná waterway that have access to the Atlantic and with certification they expect further development. Three private ports that today operate on the Paraguay-Paraná waterway and that have access to the Atlantic Ocean will be certified as international…
Category: Economics
Serious consequences of the second Christmas bonus
A well-thought Editorial from El Diario: The second Christmas bonus offered by the government for both the public and private sectors will be $4,751 million Bolivianos ($682.6 million dollars) more or less, which, in the conditions of poverty in which the country is debating, results in a expense contrary to any foresight of judgment and…
A profitable company [truths about evo’s government]
Alfonso Gumucio writes in Pagina Siete: The Government’s own information analyzed by experts indicates that most of the companies that are administered by the State (existing, nationalized or created by Evo Morales) have failed due to corruption and mismanagement. There are more visible cases than others, but they are not the most important. For example,…
Gas production and social crisis [evo’s wrongdoings]
An striking Editorial from El Diario: After the succession of setbacks that it suffered during this year, the country faces a panorama that is accentuated before the presence of other difficult and harsh problems to be solved. Among the latter is the one referred to the production of hydrocarbons that has entered in a moment…
Bolivian money 101: What was the first banknote of Bolivia?
From Bolivia.com: In 1867, Bolivia had its first bill and this is the true story that few know. The history of the first banknotes of Bolivia. Photo: BCB The history of Bolivian, as it is known today, in the form of bills and coins, began in 1867, 42 years after the founding of the country…
Dangerous growth of external debt [… evo’s legacy!]
A good Editorial from El Diario, photo from Pagina Siete [03/25/2018]: When the times of financial boom have passed and it is necessary to live with what little you have, it is worrisome and dangerous that the government is determined to increase the country’s external debt. There are announcements that “there will be a new…
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