DW reports: Some 1.5 million Bolivians make a living selling goods on the street. Due to restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus infections, their income is shrinking drastically. State aid does not reach everyone and is not sufficient to cover even basic needs. [to watch video, click the photo]
Bolivia: honey, cocoa and spices – miel, cacao y especias
Editorial from El Diario: It is urgent to produce honey, cocoa and spices There is an urgent need to diversify our economy in various areas of production. Several decades ago, agricultural entrepreneurs held meetings to establish what items they could take on their own with a view to improving what they produced and, in many…
AM Best turns negative on Bolivia insurance
Matt Sheehan reports for Reinsurance News: AM Best has revised its market segment outlook on Bolivia’s insurance industry to negative from stable, owing mainly to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The rating agency noted that the outbreak has exacerbated Bolivia’s political turmoil and contributed to an overall slowdown in economic activity. In combination with the vulnerable…
Bolivia, a surprising land of extremes
PAUL FROESE for the Union-Bulletin: Breakfast that mid-January morning was a plate piled high with fried trout, boiled potatoes and rice, with a side of tomato and cucumber salad. We had a long day of travel ahead, and our Peruvian hosts wanted to make sure we wouldn’t get hungry before reaching our destination. I had…
Human Resilience, Microfinance, and the Evolution of Potatoes
J.P. Kloninger, Program Manager for CSR News: J.P. Kloninger is the Program Manager for Whole Planet Foundation’s North America microfinance portfolio and Team Member Giving. He previously served as Program Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, and as Administrator of Finance and Business Analysis. A native Californian who grew up in Costa Rica, J.P. has diverse…
Cocaine and coronavirus
Gregorio Lanza writes in Pagina Siete: Conflicts, coca growers of the Chapare and coronavirus The leaders of the six coca producer federations in the tropics of Cochabamba rejected the entry of the Police into the region. One wonders, revenge? Provocation? Evo Morales’ instructions? or defense of drug production? Perhaps all together, however, if you analyze…
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