ANF reports via El Deber: Bolivia with $52.5 million dollars trade deficit in 10 years of potato production During 2016, 91% of the imported volume of potatoes and their derivatives came from Peru. The purchases were mostly fresh potatoes. Including potatoes for sowing, fresh, fried, dehydrated, starch and potato flour, between 2010 and 2016, the…
Again! Bolivian gov’s ineptitude aims to put at risk business property … WTH!?
El Diario reports: Legal standard puts at risk business property • The private sector is in emergency due to the approval of the Social Enterprises bill in the Chamber of Deputies. CEPB President Ronald Nostas said that it is unacceptable and irrational to establish a legal causal when delay in the payment of services, wages…
Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply, thanks to ruling ineptitude!
Caitlin Dickson reports fro Yahoo News: Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply At the heart of South America, the long-struggling nation of Bolivia sits atop an unlikely gold mine: the world’s largest lithium reserves. It’s been nearly a decade since the Bolivian government first set out to capitalize on this…
Bolivia already experiences turbulence in the economy led by the ruling ochlocracy!
El Dia reports: According to academic Gonzalo Chávez Already turbulence in the economy Bolivia’s economy, so stable during the boom in natural gas and minerals prices, is beginning to suffer turbulence from an adverse external context and critical official policies that could complicate the reelection plans of leftist President Evo Morales. Deceleration. After growing 5.46%…
Tiwanaku: Population inhabits pre-Hispanic city … the one that gave construction technology to the Incas
El Diario reports: According to archaeologist Population inhabits pre-Hispanic city A technical archaeological investigation carried out by remote sensing – used for the first time in Bolivia by Unesco – that uses dron flights and satellite images, changed the vision of what has been the ceremonial center of Tiwanaku. This information was released by the…
Bolivia Seeks Buyers For Gas With Petrobras Contract In Limbo … this gov has lost its credibility!
Brunno Braga reports for Hart Energy: Bolivia Seeks Buyers For Gas With Petrobras Contract In Limbo RIO DE JANIERO—Bolivia’s state-owned company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is facing a crucial moment for its business. The company could lose business with one of its biggest clients. With less than two years left on its contract with…
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