By Erika Segales, El Deber: Fuel supply lines continue, mainly in the country’s central axis. / Photo: Ricardo Montero The opening of the fuel market represents a significant change aimed at ending the monopoly and reducing pressure on international reserves, but it requires dollars, efficient logistics, and clear regulations The availability of U.S. dollars, logistics…
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Private Fuel Sales, Prices to Follow Global Markets | Venta de Combustible Privado, con Precios Según el Mercado Mundial
By Unitel: Fuel Stations Project Start of Sales of Privately Imported Fuel “as Early as August 6” The price of fuel imported by private companies will be variable and will depend on international market conditions, according to Asosur Lines at service stations A new decree allowing private companies to import fuel puts an end to…
Fuel Freeze, Subsidy Returns | Congelan combustibles, vuelve la subvención
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…
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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 