Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Let’s prove the New Delhi Times wrong! Even though, we are certainly repudiating evo’s ludicrous desire to perpetuate himself in power, despite having lost a National Referendum where we said NO! Bolivia is a peaceful society and we do not expect violence … unless Maduro’s acolyte pushes the police to engage violently…
Our country with the highest fiscal deficit
An Editorial from El Diario, graph below is from Pagina Siete: There should be serious concern in the economic authorities for the fact that our country has, ostensibly, surpassed the amount of the fiscal deficit that implies -8.1 percent, followed by Brazil with -7.1 percent; Argentina with -5 percent and Uruguay and Colombia reach a…
Have you visited Isla del Sol? These are its attractions
Willmary Montilla reports for Bolivia.com: The small city of Copacabana, has a great attraction, the Isla del Sol [Island of the Sun], and the archaeological attractions are multiple, if you have not yet gone, take advantage of the next holiday to visit it. Isla del Sol and all its attractions remained closed for almost two…
Ogilvy Bolivia’s Banking Ad for BCP was deleted from the source page, as a result of Ogilvy’s clarifying the intend while using colloquial slang.
Erik Oster for AgencySpy: We watch a lot of bad ads over the course of a given year, but every so often something comes around so blatantly offensive that it merits special attention. On the one hand of the spectrum we have the type of work awarded for the Cannes Glass Lion, which was introduced in…
Bolivian Treasury 101: 45,500 million dollars after and … WTH?!
Armando Alvarez writes in Pagina Siete: 45,500 million dollars During 13 years of government, the current authorities have disposed of 45,500 million dollars. 37,500 million from income from gas exports, mainly thanks to the Hydrocarbons Law that was promulgated in May 2005 and not to the nationalization of the sector, as the government authorities maintain,…
This Bolivian Startup Wants Taxis to Deliver Cash in Areas Without ATMs
Patrick Kulp reports for AdWeek: The idea has already won a gold innovation award from El Ojo de Iberoamérica In a country with only around 40 ATMs for every 100,000 citizens, Ogilvy Bolivia is taking a page from Uber’s playbook to make cash more available on the go. The agency is forming an ambitious financial-tech…
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