By El Diario: Quinoa Shows Unique Nutritional Qualities Compared with Varieties from Eight Countries Professionals Mauricio Peñarrieta (UMSA) and Javier Linares (Lund University, Sweeden). CREDIT: UMSA Research led by the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA), in collaboration with Lund University in Sweden and carried out together with producers, public institutions, and international cooperation partners, found that quinoa realgrown…
Bolivia: Needs a Wartime Economy | Necesita una economía de guerra
Editorial, El Dia: Germany was in ruins in 1945, destroyed by war and suffocated by the price controls imposed by the Nazi regime. Bolivia is going through a similar situation: devastated after 53 days of criminal road blockades that wiped out more than $1 billion, destroyed foreign markets, and cost lives. Bolivia needs its own…
Potosi: New Andean Sanctuary | Nuevo Santuario Andino
By Vision 360: New Protected Area Created in Potosí to Safeguard More Than 65,000 Hectares The project has a steering committee and is advancing the development of management instruments that will define conservation actions and financing for the protected area. Flamingos in San Antonio de Esmoruco. Photograph: Nelson Fernández Ciudad Roma was officially declared a…
The End of the Blockade and a Glimmer of Hope | El final del bloqueo y el esbozo de esperanza
By Diego Ayo, Brujula Digital: Machiavelli argued that political destiny is shaped by virtue and fortune: the ability of the ruler or sheer luck. Was what happened the result of skill or a stroke of luck? I find it hard to believe it was a triumph carefully orchestrated from within the government. My hunch, which…
Bolivia’s New Dollar Reality | La nueva realidad del dólar en Bolivia
By Erika Segales, El Deber: 12 Questions and Answers to Understand the Flexible Exchange Rate and Its Implementation The new exchange-rate regime replaces the fixed rate and establishes that the price of the U.S. dollar will be calculated daily starting June 29. Bolivia is entering a new exchange-rate phase beginning Monday, June 29. The country…
The Dollar Came Out of the Closet | El dólar salió del clóset
By Gonzalo Chávez, Brujula Digital: There are moments when economics resembles psychology more than mathematics. For months, Bolivia lived through a curious collective exercise in denial. The government insisted that the official exchange rate remained one thing (Bs 6.86–6.96 per dollar), while the market—with the stubbornness it always displays when a good becomes scarce—used something…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 