By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, El Diario: “Pacted democracy” The masterminds of Indo-Spanish masismo (indigenous and mestizo figures alongside Spanish populists) gathered in their offices, filled with the scent of coca leaves, sweat, and garlic, concocting ideas to draft constitutions and laws that would dismantle Bolivia’s fragile democracy without it being apparent. They invented a host…
Category: Economics
“Greater debt and inflation” – 2025 – “Mayor endeudamiento e inflación”
By Opinion: “Greater debt and inflation”: Cainco gives five reasons for the ALP to reject the 2025 PGE December 4 (Urgente.bo) – After analyzing the draft General State Budget Law (PGE) for 2025, the Santa Cruz Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services, and Tourism (Cainco) has urged the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) to reject the proposal,…
Bolivia se desmorona | Bolivia Unravels
Por The Statesman: Bolivia, antes celebrada como un éxito económico de Sudamérica, es ahora un claro ejemplo de cómo la excesiva dependencia de los recursos naturales y la mala gestión pueden llevar a una nación a la ruina. SNS | Nueva Delhi | 4 de diciembre de 2024, 8:06 am Bolivia, antes celebrada como un…
The dollar is quoted at up to Bs 11.55 for sale and Bs 11.30 for purchase on the parallel market | El dólar se cotiza hasta en Bs 11,55 la venta y Bs 11,30 la compra en el mercado paralelo
By Brujula Digital: A reference image. Photo: ABI The dollar in exchange houses and among money changers is quoted at up to Bs 11.5 for sale and Bs 11.30 for purchase, according to data collected by Brújula Digital during a survey. This digital outlet visited eight exchange houses and consulted money changers in the city…
Gov must restrain from confiscation or seizure of products from companies | El Gobierno debe abstenerse de confiscar o incautar productos a las empresas
By Brujula Digital: Industriales piden a Arce eliminar disposición del PGE que permite confiscar productos a empresas La Cámara Nacional de Industrias expresa su “más profunda preocupación y alarma” por la “disposición arbitraria” incluida en el PGE. The president of the CNI, Pablo Camacho. Photo: ABI The National Chamber of Industries (CNI) expressed its rejection…
Anapo considers that diesel imports “are not working” due to the lack of dollars | Anapo considera que la importación de diésel “no está funcionando” por la falta de dólares
By El Dia: For producers, the decrees do not address the short-term needs of the production sector, which requires adherence to agricultural cycles. The president of the Oilseeds and Wheat Producers Association (Anapo), Fernando Romero, stated this Friday that diesel imports for the private sector “are not working” because of the required dollars. “It is…
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