By Juan Delgado/Dialogo Americas: Illustration/Diálogo Bolivian President Luis Arce and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have vowed to strengthen bilateral relations as well as strategic cooperation in health, education, agriculture, and telecommunications, among other sectors, increasing the Islamic Republic’s footprint in Latin America, and setting off alarms in the hemisphere about the various threats to security,…
Bolivia’s economic and political risks | Riesgos económicos y políticos de Bolivia
Bnamericas: Bolivia’s economy faces headwinds from a lack of dollars, dwindling international reserves and political infighting within the governing party. “While inflation is not a problem in Bolivia, as it came in below 3% in February, economic growth has slowed down significantly, with real GDP below 2%,” William Foster, senior VP of sovereign risk at…
Moody´s: Lithium won’t be enough to offset gas revenues | El litio no será suficiente para compensar los ingresos del gas
Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: The company considers that the lack of access to the sea may increase the costs of lithium and points out that the country must promote industrialization and, at the same time, redevelop the hydrocarbon sector. The Lithium Carbonate Industrial Plant inaugurated in December 2023, in Colcha K. Photo: MHE. While…
Jeanine: Three years of anguish | Tres años de angustia
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: When on March 12, 2021, we saw through the television the entire operation that had taken place in Trinidad to capture former President Jeanine Añez, we were surprised. However, our surprise turned to concern when we noticed that the one leading the capture, as just another policeman, was the Minister of…
¿Censo o empadronamiento? | Census or registration?
Seamos claros, ¿qué debemos hacer o no hacer este sábado 23, para el censo controlado por los masistas? ¿Debemos dar nuestro nombre y apellido, y demas datos? El video de Carlos Valverde es esclarecedor, aquí encontrarán ustedes más información para estar alertas. Diferencias importantes entre ¿Censo o empadronamiento?: El censo y el empadronamiento son dos…
Social bonds must be eliminated | Los bonos sociales deben eliminarse
Antonio Saravia, El Deber: The state spent over a billion dollars in 2023 financing five social bonds: the Dignity Income, the Juana Azurduy bond, the universal prenatal bond, the Juancito Pinto bond, and the bond for severely disabled people. Of these, the one requiring the most disbursements was the Dignity Income, costing $922 million, which…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 