By Carlos Jahnsen, El Diario: Bolivia faces the challenge of stabilizing its currency: undervaluation as the only path to stability Bolivia is living through its most decisive economic moment in four decades. The fixed exchange rate — once a symbol of stability — is now a trap that drains reserves and destroys competitiveness. It reflects…
Category: Economics
Paz and Lara: The Game of Thrones
By Renzo Abruzzese, Brujula Digital: The saga Game of Thrones portrays in dramatic form how the quest for power can destroy both individuals and states and governments — and the lesson it leaves us is that only cooperation and political maturity can, or at least aspire to, build lasting leadership. We Bolivians are experiencing a bit of…
Clear rules now | Reglas claras ya
By Erbol: Business leaders demand clear regulations and legal security to reactivate the productive sector Meeting of industrialists with president-elect Rodrigo Paz in Santa Cruz. The president of the National Chamber of Industries (CNI), Gonzalo Morales, and the first vice president, José Eduardo Iriarte, took part in the First National Meeting with the Business and…
Bolivia: Calls the world from Santa Cruz | Convoca al mundo desde Santa Cruz
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: President-elect announces international business summit in Santa Cruz ahead of taking office Rodrigo Paz announced the business summit for November 7 in Santa Cruz / Photo: Fuad Landívar “We will hold this summit on November 7 to begin a change — a change in the destiny of the nation, an…
Bolivia: Requires US$6 billion to confront the crisis | Requiere $us 6.000 millones para encarar crisis
By El Diario: According to Jubileo Foundation analyst Given the grave crisis Bolivia faces, estimates from Jubileo Foundation economic analyst René Martínez indicate that at least 6 billion dollars per year are required for fuel imports, debt payments, the return of foreign currency to the financial system, as well as to undertake an exchange-rate policy…
In Exchange for Nothing | A cambio de nada
By Oscar Antezana, El Dia: This is the third time I’ve rewritten the text of this article. The first version I wrote before October 18, thinking that Tuto Quiroga was going to win the presidential election. The title of that article was “Letter to Hope.” Then, with Rodrigo Paz’s victory, I changed the text and…
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