By Francesco Zaratti: Since 2018, Bolivia has marketed the so-called “green gasoline,” a blend of base gasoline with anhydrous ethanol, a byproduct of sugarcane, within the framework of an agreement that obliges YPFB to purchase ethanol from sugar mills and mix it with domestically produced or imported gasoline. The virtues of this program have been…
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The Lithium Mess: Between the Constitution and Business | El lío del litio: entre la Constitución y los negocios
By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: At the end of the day, it must be taken into account that lithium, like many of our natural resources, lies in our soil or subsoil and could remain there for a hundred years. Bolivia stands at a crossroads. While the world is crying out for lithium and foreign investors…
Energy Storage | El almacenamiento de la energía
By Francesco Zaratti: The advantages of renewable energy sources (solar, water, wind, geothermal, biomass) in electricity generation are well-known, and they typically impact global warming much less than fossil fuels. The objections to their wider adoption within the framework of the energy transition are of two types: cost and intermittency. It is improperly claimed that…
Mystery Fuel Shakes Bolivia | Gasolina en duda sacude Bolivia
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Former Minister Álvaro Ríos questions the possible causes that led to the distribution of contaminated gasoline The hydrocarbons expert said that, several days after it became known that the gasoline being distributed was contaminated with manganese and gums, the government has still not given certainty to the public so that…
Bolivia cancela proyecto chino de zinc y exige correcciones en planta siderúrgica | Bolivia cancels Chinese zinc project, demands steel plant fixes
Por Mining.com: Proyecto de fundición de zinc. Crédito: ENFI El nuevo gobierno de Bolivia está cancelando un proyecto planificado de zinc adjudicado a un consorcio chino y exigirá que otra empresa china corrija deficiencias en un complejo siderúrgico. Las autoridades están anulando una refinería de zinc de 350 millones de dólares, dijo el ministro de…
Current X-ray of the Bolivian economy | Radiografía actual de la economía boliviana
By Francesco Zaratti: In 2025, the Bolivian economy resembled a patient rushed into a hospital emergency room with multiple hemorrhages and a general condition of extreme anemia. The main hemorrhage (let’s say in the stomach) was caused by the subsidized import of 90% of the diesel oil consumed, which came to represent two billion dollars…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 