Arce must hunt credits, stimulate taxes and reduce some subsidies Arce debe cazar créditos, estimular tributos y reducir algunos subsidios Josue Hinojosa, Los Tiempos: Crisis instead of bonanza. That is the scenario in which Luis Arce Catacora will assume the presidency of the country after winning the elections held on October 18. Aware of this,…
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As Bolivia election nears, could ‘Evonomics’ make a comeback?
Daniel Ramos, Reuters: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian voters, hit hard by political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic, are looking for some economic certainty ahead of elections on Oct. 18, which opinion polls suggest could boost the country’s socialists and see a return of ‘Evonomics’. The Andean country was one of Latin America’s steadiest economic…
Falta de propuestas – Lack of proposals
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The announced presidential debate will certainly show that the candidates do not have proposals capable of showing that they are aware of the size of the crisis. The country needs to be reinvented, as if the accident and implausible discovery made by Diego Huallpa in 1545 or the discovery of oil…
Incertidumbre – Uncertainty
Editorial, El Deber: The uncertain future of Bolivians Five months and six days have passed since the quarantine was ordered, since the economy stopped and since life changed for Bolivians. Since then there have been many bad news that we have had to face, all related to poverty, lack of employment, poor health, with nuances…
Bolivia: increased poverty – aumento de la pobreza
El Diario reports: In recent years INE data update reveals increased poverty Extreme poverty increased to 12.9% and the poverty situation to 37.2% In recent years, poverty and extreme poverty have increased in the country. The update of the data on the basic food basket, carried out by the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals this…
Great scrap metal auction – Gran remate de chatarra
Humbeto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Great scrap metal auction MAS has left very good lessons for the country. A long list of things that should not be done for the world, never again. It has left an impressive amount of useless industrial equipment, bought only by the interest of the kickback, or by other…
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