By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: Over the past few weeks, Bolivia’s economic debate has revolved almost exclusively around the exchange rate. Economists, analysts, and commentators have discussed whether the dollar should rise, fall, float freely, or be fixed once again. However, while the spotlight remains focused on the price of the currency, a far more important…
Government Cuts Tariffs to Cushion the Impact of the New Dollar Exchange Rate | Gobierno reduce aranceles para amortiguar el impacto del nuevo dólar
By El Deber: The Government seeks to lessen the impact of the exchange rate flexibilization. Supreme Decree 5646 reduces import tariff rates by five percentage points for goods currently subject to duties of between 30% and 40%, with the measure remaining in effect until December 2027. The Executive Branch aims to prevent the new flexible…
Bolivian Quinoa Real Outperforms Global Varieties | Quinua real boliviana supera a variedades globales
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…
Ciudad Roma, 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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 