El Diario: CNC points out that the economic situation generates uncertainty in business Given the detriment and economic damage, as a result of the recent blockades of roads and highways in Bolivia, as well as the shortage of fuel and dollars, essential for the development of foreign trade, it has caused an environment of uncertainty…
Category: Politics
Dollar shortage: a time bomb | Escasez de dólares: una bomba de tiempo
Editorial, El Deber: An old saying says that “There is no deadline that is not met nor debt that is not paid”, and it can well be applied to the Bolivian reality. The fall in gas exports, restrictions on the sale of agricultural products, the reduction to zero of foreign investment and the increase in…
Drug trafficking and attack on press freedom | Narcotráfico y agresión a la libertad de prensa
Rodolfo Huallpa, Brujula Digital: In Yapacaní, a journalist is expelled from the Municipal Council for asking about a drug trafficking case Councilors Reynaldo Hurtado and Rigoberto Blanco at the time they rebuke the journalist. Photo: screenshot. Journalist Marcelino Rodríguez, director of radio Omega in the municipality of Yapacaní, was stigmatized and prevented from accessing information…
evo: inopportune and clumsy road blockade – bloqueo inoportuno y torpe
Editorial, El Diario: Evo Morales and the luck of the boomerang The boomerang is a special small wooden weapon, which is thrown by hand and after hitting the enemy it returns to the hands of the person who threw it. Like that type of weapon of an Australian population, it was the road blockade that…
How Socialist Bolivia Is Trying To Cash In On Lithium, To The Benefit Of China | Cómo la Bolivia socialista está tratando de sacar provecho del litio, en beneficio de China
Sergio Herrera Deza, Crunch: Bolivia believes lithium is the new “white gold,” for its role in fueling new technologies. Distrusting Western investments and technology, it’s counting on collaborations with Russia and China. But there will be problems at home that could block it all. View of the new plant for the production of lithium carbonate…
Fitch downgrades Bolivia’s rating | Fitch baja la calificación de Bolivia
The Star: Fitch cut the country to CCC from B- after reserves dipped by US$2.1bil last year to just US$1.7bil. — Bloomberg LA PAZ: Bolivia was downgraded further into junk territory by Fitch Ratings, which says falling international reserves threaten the nation’s ability to service its debt. Fitch cut the country to CCC from B-…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 