By El Diario: According to economic analysts A change of direction is urgently needed to save economic stability Bolivia is running out of room to maneuver. After years of prosperity driven by hydrocarbons, reality is asserting itself with rising inflation and gas production in free fall. For specialists, macroeconomic stability is no longer a policy…
Category: Politics
Gasoline More Bitter than Sweet | Gasolina más amarga que dulce
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…
Big Mouth, Big Consequences | Boca Grande, Grandes Consecuencias
By Erbol: Jerjes Justiniano says there are grounds to prosecute Vice President Lara The lawyer and former politician, Jerjes Justiniano Talavera. Lawyer and former politician Jerjes Justiniano stated that there are grounds to initiate a trial of responsibilities against Vice President Edmand Lara for alleged breach of duties. He maintained that Lara would not be…
Tax Reform or More Amnesties | Reforma tributaria o más perdonazos
By Miguel Ángel Roca, Red Uno: Dunn: the tax amnesty is not enough, Bolivia needs a structural tax reform Jaime Dunn believes that Bolivia needs a tax reform that not only focuses on forgiving debts, but on eliminating the mechanisms and the system that generate them. Economist Jaime Dunn stated that the five tax relief…
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…
THREE UNCOMFORTABLE LESSONS FROM PERU FOR BOLIVIA | TRES LECCIONES INCÓMODAS DE PERÚ A BOLIVIA
By Oscar Antezana: Peru changed its president once again last Wednesday the 18th. With the new head of state, there have now been eight in just ten years. Hours after his inauguration, President Paz delivered a message to the Nation marking his first 100 days in office. The question lingered in the air: why at…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 