By El Diario: Government seeks to retain power Analysts: Bolivia is experiencing an economic, energy, and education crisis The current administration of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) has led Bolivia into an economic, energy, and education crisis. Now, the government’s concern is focused on retaining power rather than solving the disaster caused by its improvised…
Category: Energy
Use of water for lithium: What will quinoa producers live on? | Uso del agua para el litio: ¿de qué vamos a vivir los productores de quinua?
By Erbol: Ayllu Huatari and the use of water for lithium: What will quinoa producers live on? Great promises of economic well-being through lithium exploitation face an unavoidable reality: water—yes, enormous quantities of water are required to exploit this mineral. However, communities living in areas surrounding the Uyuni, Coipasa, and other salt flats, such as…
Bolivia se aleja del esquema de cripto para la compra de combustible | Bolivia Backs Away from Crypto-for-Fuel Scheme
Por Lockridge Okoth, Be In Crypto: En resumen El Ministerio de Comercio e Importaciones de Bolivia ha rechazado un plan respaldado por el Estado para utilizar criptomonedas en la importación de combustibles. Esta decisión, que representa un sorprendente giro de política, marca un retroceso en el reciente impulso del gobierno por adoptar activos digitales como…
Lithium: the uncertainty | Litio: la incertidumbre
By Juan Jose Toro, Vision 360: In theory, lithium is an energy source that will replace fossil fuels, so the business isn’t just worth millions, but billions of dollars. In Potosí, we’ve gone from placing our hopes for economic development on the potential of the Uyuni Salt Flat to feeling a distressing uncertainty about the…
Seven lies about lithium contracts | Siete mentiras en torno a los contratos del litio
By Francesco Zaratti: It is my intention to refute some claims that the state-owned lithium company (YLB) does not dare to defend publicly. In short, let me borrow a good joke from analyst José Carlos Solón, to state that these contracts, more than “leonine”, seem to be “dragonian”. https://fzaratti.blog/en/2025/03/27/seven-lies-about-lithium-contracts/ Por Francesco Zaratti: Es mi intención…
Bolivian roofing sheet company Cóndor sets up in Hong Kong | Empresa boliviana de calaminas Cóndor se instala en Hong Kong
By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: Target the international market Since 2006, the company has been manufacturing plastic roofing sheets, swimming pools, hot tubs, and sanitary ware. It provides assistance to mining and oil companies and will export from Hong Kong. Workers oversee the production of roofing sheets. Photo: Cóndor Operating since 2006, the dream…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 