By Unitel: Álvaro Ríos believes the next administration will face a “titanic task” to resolve the energy crisis and will need to bring in “a lot of cash” to supply the country with fuel. Former Hydrocarbons Minister Álvaro Ríos expressed concern over the fuel crisis Bolivia is going through and criticized the Government’s response, pointing…
Category: Economics
The Shamelessness of the Central Bank | La sinvergüenzura del Banco Central
By Antonio Saravia, Visión 360: The authorities squandered everything over two decades, and in the end, we will be the ones paying the bill. Very difficult times are coming, and the new government will have a hard time. The Central Bank has been signing futures contracts for the sale of a total of 8.4 tons…
The plans they offer to pull the country out of crisis | Los planes que ofrecen sacar al país de la crisis
By ANF, El Potosi: PAZ AND QUIROGA, HEADING TO THE SECOND ROUND ON OCTOBER 19 Quiroga promises liberal-style plans with shock policies. Paz, a financial truth-telling and recovery of funds The plans that offer to get the country out of the crisis Elías Mendoza drives a heavy cargo truck and has been waiting in line…
Los contratos de oro de Bolivia compran tiempo pero atan al próximo gobierno | Bolivia’s Gold Forwards Buy Time but Bind the Next Government
Por The Latin American Post Staff: Bolivia convirtió el oro en un respiro, levantando casi mil millones de dólares mediante contratos a futuro y coberturas para evitar un default. La jugada alivia la crisis de hoy, pero deja al próximo gobierno la carga de entregas, riesgos legales y sombras ambientales. El oro como salvavidas En…
Now Our History Will Change | Ahora cambiará nuestra historia
By Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: We know that, since the end of the Chaco War—especially beginning with the governments of Toro and Busch—political and social circumstances started to shift in Bolivia. Thousands of soldiers came back from the trenches defeated; but, more importantly, with the conviction that nothing was working in the country and that…
The president who squandered the most gold in Bolivia | El presidente que más oro dilapidó en Bolivia
By Gonzalo Colque, Visión 360: Víctor Paz, Luis Arce and the Gold Reserves The president forged in the storms of 20th-century Bolivia faced the crisis with the conviction that touching the gold reserves meant not only mortgaging the country’s last economic lifeline but also committing a desperate act, one unworthy of the presidential office. Víctor…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 