By Unitel: Álvaro Ríos believes the next administration will face a “titanic task” to resolve the energy crisis and will need to bring in “a lot of cash” to supply the country with fuel. Former Hydrocarbons Minister Álvaro Ríos expressed concern over the fuel crisis Bolivia is going through and criticized the Government’s response, pointing…
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Decalogue of Urgency for the Disaster in the Energy Sector | Decálogo de urgencia para el desastre generado en el sector energético
By Alvaro Rios, Brujula Digital: The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), in its two decades of government, has plunged the country into the worst energy disaster of its republican life. They squandered 13 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of gas reserves and wasted $67 billion in hydrocarbon exports. Bolivia is left with 1.3 TCF and declining hydrocarbon…
Shell: When Misunderstood Sovereignty Costs Millions | Cuando la soberanía mal entendida cuesta millones
By Windsor Hernani, Visión 360: The Shell case is not an isolated incident. It is part of a repeated pattern of unilateral decisions, improvised nationalizations, and, afterward, the absence of an adequate international legal strategy. Last week, Bolivians were informed that the Anglo-Dutch multinational Shell notified the Bolivian State of a dispute over YPFB’s breach…
Cochabamba, Guarayos and northern La Paz suffer diesel shortages | Cochabamba, Guarayos y el norte paceño sufren por escasez de diésel
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Bolivia faces a severe energy crisis /Photo: Ricardo Montero Transport workers spend the night at gas stations in Cochabamba, residents accuse soldiers of favoritism in Guarayos, and social media videos reveal the irregular exit of fuel in Mapiri and Guanay. The fuel crisis in Bolivia is deepening. In Cochabamba, transport…
The Great Lithium Foul Play | La gran cochinada del litio
By Juan José Toro, Visión 360: Such shamelessness has only been seen before in the disgraceful parliamentary approval of the 1904 Treaty of Friendship and Boundaries with Chile, through which Bolivia renounced its rights over the Litoral. Luis Arce and his circle are on their way out and, despite already having their pockets full, they…
“These contracts are unconstitutional and a disgrace to the Bolivian people” | “Estos contratos son anticonstitucionales y una vergüenza para el pueblo boliviano”
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Potosí residents reject contracts for lithium industrialization The Potosí Civic Committee demands that the handling of the contracts be carried out in Potosí and denounces an “unconstitutional” negotiation harmful to the people. The Potosí Civic Committee (Comcipo) is maintaining a firm vigil in front of the Commission on Plural Economy…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 