Matthew Bristow reports for Bloomberg: Fitch Says Bolivia Reserves Are No Longer Enough for FX Peg Bolivia has depleted its “war chest” of international reserves to the point that it no longer has enough dollars to defend the nation’s fixed exchange rate, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch in November downgraded the Andean country to B+,…
Category: Energy
Lies are not exported – No se exporta mentiras
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Lies are not exported It is somewhat humiliating for a Bolivian official to have to explain to a Brazilian official that Bolivia cannot send the agreed volume of natural gas. And even less if it is the natural gas owed. A gas for which Brazil paid in advance, and…
Si esto no es una despreciable manipulación y corrupción masista … que es?!
Página Siete informa: La nacionalización no llegó a 21 estatales para eludir fiscalización El gobierno del MAS compró la mayoría de sus acciones, pero dejó unas cuantas en manos privadas, para que así se rijan por el Código de Comercio. La nacionalización de todas las empresas estratégicas del Estado, que el gobierno del Movimiento Al…
Exclusive: Bolivia’s new lithium tsar says country should go it alone
Adam Jourdan reports for Reuters: LA PAZ (Reuters) – The new chief of Bolivia’s state-owned lithium company YLB plans strict limits on foreign investment in extraction and processing of the white metal key to electric vehicle batteries, he told Reuters in his first interview with international media since taking the reins this month. Juan Carlos…
Unity is a new nation project – La unidad es un nuevo proyecto de nación
Gonzalo Chávez writes in Pagina Siete: Unity is a new nation project We begin 2020 with a task that seems Herculean and almost impossible to implement: the construction of a single party front that disputes the next national elections. Everything indicates that the Socialism Movement (MAS) will continue to be an important electoral and political…
Gestión vergonzante en hidrocarburos
Hugo Del Granado describe con absoluta autoridad lo que el gobierno del cocalero “hizo” con nuestro sector de Hidrocarburos! Hugo escribe en Página Siete: El gobierno del MAS ha dejado muchas incógnitas en hidrocarburos, todas ellas sospechosamente corruptas. No se ha encontrado ninguna opinión positiva del largo período que administró el sector el gobierno saliente….
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