By Erika Segales, El Deber: Bolivia maintains fuel prices despite the cost of a new subsidy For the moment, the country is going through a conflict with fuel supply due to road blockades. Photo: APG Analysts warn that the subsidized price in Bolivia is once again creating an incentive for smuggling to neighboring countries. They…
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Thucydides’ Trap and Bolivian Politics | La trampa de Tucídides y la política boliviana
By Francesco Zaratti, Vision 360: In Bolivia, the conflict between the dominant power of gas and the emerging power of renewables is fueled by the illusion of preserving gas hegemony, without recognizing that this energy cycle has already run its course. During Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing, President Xi Jinping resorted to a learned reference to…
The statist ideology will leave Bolivia without an energy supply | La ideología estatista dejará a Bolivia desabastecida de energía
By Álvaro Ríos, Vision 360: I sense that the energy shortage could bring the country to its knees. I hope I am completely wrong and that we are able to communicate and make Bolivians understand that major changes are necessary and that we are going to suffer. Bolivia is moving along a very delicate path…
Cheap Power, Low Wages | Energía Barata, Salarios Bajos
By ElPais.bo: “Borrowed Light: Bolivia’s Energy Crossroads,” Part 2 Cheap Energy, Low Wages: The Hidden Cost of Electricity Subsidies While Bolivia maintains the lowest electricity rates in South America, average wages are up to three times lower than in Chile or Uruguay. Energy subsidies do not reduce poverty: they reproduce it by concealing the real…
Losing Patience | Perdiendo la paciencia
By Antonio Saravia, Vision 360: That cushion would allow them to shore up international reserves and return the dollars owed to the financial system. This would make deep reforms both possible and bearable. There is no other path. Will they do it? Enough already. The benefit of the doubt ends here. Patience has run out…
“Bolivia needs to allow the private sector to import and supply consumers” | “Bolivia necesita permitir que el sector privado importe y abastezca a los consumidores”
By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: Chamber of Commerce: The president of the CNC also raised other proposals to the Rodrigo Paz administration, such as the need to make transparent the real situation of fuel imports, payments made, and available volumes [Photo: APG] / Photo taken in La Paz, where lines continue to persist The president of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 