By Francesco Zaratti, Brujula Digital: According to President Luis Arce, the disaster of MAS’s energy policy is due to “not taking care of the nationalization.” In fact, the president criticized the preceding governments (omitting that he was the “super minister” of the economic sector), which were focused on monetizing the gas reserves inherited from liberal…
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From talk to action, luchín bent us with his disguised fuel hike | Del charle a la acción, luchín nos doblegó con su gasolinazo encubierto
By Marisol Alvarado Vision 360: ANH raises the price of Premium Plus and Ultra Premium 100 gasoline per liter The price of Premium Plus gasoline was Bs 5.71 per liter, and now, with the increase, it will rise to Bs 6.18. The price of Ultra Premium 100 gasoline was Bs 6.73 per liter and has…
With declining reserves, experts warn that Bolivia will need to import gas to generate electricity | Ante caída de reservas, alertan que Bolivia tendrá que importar gas para generar electricidad
By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: Bolivian Electricity Chamber According to the Bolivian Electricity Chamber (CBE), this impact can be mitigated if the shift in the energy matrix towards electricity generation based on water, solar, wind, and hydrogen is emphasized. The Altiplano region has high potential for solar energy due to its strong radiation. The…
Mesa, Arce: one heart … I mean referendum | Mesa, Arce un solo corazón … digo referendum
Editorial, El Dia: It all started with a referendum Bolivians must not forget that the economic disaster we are currently experiencing, which is just beginning, originated from a referendum. This debacle is largely due to Carlos Mesa’s pathological obsession with avoiding decision-making, his cowardice in hiding behind the façade of a false participatory democracy, and…
Cry for change | Clamor por un cambio
By Humberto Vacaflor, Los Tiempos: General Juan José Zúñiga said it clumsily, but Vice Minister Raúl Mayta says very clearly: what happened in 2006 was “bread for the day and hunger for tomorrow,” and all Bolivians hope that this new version of the MAS will accept its failure and change your “model.” Well, tomorrow has…
Bolivia’s deep energy crisis | La profunda crisis energética de Bolivia
By Álvaro Ríos, Brujula Digital: We are only seeing the tip of the iceberg regarding the deep energy crisis in which Bolivia is immersed. I have called it “the Bolivian energy black hole.” A black hole is a finite region of space described in Einstein’s equations, the interior of which has a concentration of mass…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 