Editorial, El Deber: Gas and agri, time to think outside the box There is a phrase widely used in recent times: think outside the box, which means leaving the traditional schemes to innovate and seek new solutions to problems. This is what the national government has to do at this time, when it is necessary…
Category: Energy
Propósitos para 2021 – Resolutions for 2021
El Diario: Economic analysis We will have to trust that President Luis Arce intends to change his habits of handling state resources now that he can no longer blame his boss for mistakes he makes. According to Mauricio Ríos García, the budget for 2021 can be summarized in more debt, more deficit, more spending and…
Se acabó – It’s over
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: End of the oil companies The reign of oil has lasted 161 years until now but it goes out like a candle, just like the reign of mineral coal, which has lasted until now for 260 years and goes out like an ember. According to Antonio Escohotado, a Spanish researcher, in…
Actual gob NO es confiable – Current gov is NOT to be trusted
Los Tiempos: Due to misinformation and political tension, $1.2 billion left the country Between the end of September and November 13 of this year, 1,204 million dollars came out of the Net International Reserves (RIN), according to data from the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), cited by the newspaper El Deber. Given the outlook, the…
The world needs lithium. Can Bolivia’s new president deliver it?
TAKING THE LI OUT OF BOLIVIA Maddie Stone, Grist: Last year, when former Bolivian president Evo Morales was forced to resign, it was unclear whether the socialist leader’s dream of transforming his country into a powerhouse lithium producer would survive. Last month, the world got its answer when Bolivians overwhelmingly voted to elect Luis Arce, the candidate representing the…
Final del gobierno del doble poder – End of the dual power government
Editorial, El Diario: A dual power government, that is, in which two antagonistic forces take over the management of the economic and political reins of the State of a country, constitutes an aberration due to its illegitimacy and illegality. At the same time, it is an organism that has no north or guide and in…
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