2021: Bolivian mining 101 – Minería boliviana 101

Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Bad grades The prestigious Fraser Institute of Canada has just delivered its report on the conditions that 77 countries in the world offer to investors interested in starting mining operations. Venezuelan businessmen did not send their reports, which prevented that country from being taken into account in this evaluation and, given…

San Matias: en peligro – in peril

Editorial, El Deber: Mining operation in protected area Since the arrival of President Luis Arce Catacora, the Bolivian system of protected areas and forests has been suffering severe blows, due to the deinstitutionalization of the positions of the entities that have under their control this important natural wealth of the country. To this is added…

Absurdos masistas – Gov’s absurdities

Pagina Siete: Pay for not working The Inti Raymi company has denounced that, in record time, the justice system has accepted that 21 of its former employees be immediately reinstated to their functions. The problem is that they have no functions to fulfill. The Inti Raymi gold deposits were depleted in 2015 and the company’s…

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…

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…