Por Mining.com: Proyecto de fundición de zinc. Crédito: ENFI El nuevo gobierno de Bolivia está cancelando un proyecto planificado de zinc adjudicado a un consorcio chino y exigirá que otra empresa china corrija deficiencias en un complejo siderúrgico. Las autoridades están anulando una refinería de zinc de 350 millones de dólares, dijo el ministro de…
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Current X-ray of the Bolivian economy | Radiografía actual de la economía boliviana
By Francesco Zaratti: In 2025, the Bolivian economy resembled a patient rushed into a hospital emergency room with multiple hemorrhages and a general condition of extreme anemia. The main hemorrhage (let’s say in the stomach) was caused by the subsidized import of 90% of the diesel oil consumed, which came to represent two billion dollars…
Fuel Bribe Network Exposed | Red de coimas en combustibles al descubierto
By Erbol: TRUTH COMMISSION They uncover an institutional structure of extortion and bribes in the fuel sector ANH officials carry out fuel-loading inspections. Photo: ANH The Vice Minister of Transparency, Yamil García, reported that the Hydrocarbons Truth Commission managed to uncover the existence of an institutional structure of “extortion” linked to the fuel sector. According…
The Dilemmas of Tariquía | Los dilemas de Tariquía
By Francesco Zaratti: The energy policy of the last 20 years has emptied both the gas fields and the vaults of the Central Bank. The consequences are: a drain on foreign currency due to fuel imports—partially controlled by the price adjustments under Supreme Decree 5516; the risk of having to import gas in the short…
Energy Emergency Decree | Decreto de Emergencia Energética
By Antonio Villegas, Eju.tv: Government declares “energy emergency,” removes diesel from the list of controlled substances, and authorizes free importation and sale of fuels In the first article, the purpose of the regulation is established as “to establish and adopt exceptional measures aimed at guaranteeing the supply of fuels and energy; to reactivate production, with…
Blockades Bleed Bolivia | Los bloqueos desangran a Bolivia
By Eju.tv: Road blockades generate daily losses of up to US$60 million and put investments at risk, industrialists warn The president of the National Chamber of Industries (CNI), Gonzalo Morales, also warned that the productive and logistics chain of industries is being affected, as well as the cold chain for food and medicines. Amid the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 