Pagina Siete Editorial Trump’s endorsement of President Añez One of the most important political events in recent days has been the call made by US President Donald Trump to President Jeanine Añez, in which he offered his support and, incidentally, announced that that country will donate 250 respirators as a way helping to contain the…
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What is needed in Bolivia? Coca crops or textiles…?
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Coca crops or textiles When the government announced the dismissal of workers of the National Textile Corporation (Enatex), it should be disclosed for reasons of national accounting and awareness, the number of jobs that illegal coca has created in the country. Because, as everyone knows, the company that now…
Bolivian economics 101: results and expectations with current gov policies… August, 2012
To better illustrate how prepared we are to secure our daily lives, the following graphs and cartoons should serve us to think over what to expect and what to do in 2014… These graphs are from IBCE, see direct link for more info here Silver, Tin and Zinc international prices are going down, internally a…
Bolivian Economics 101:The economic agenda, in its ‘infancy’
This is an interesting and enlightening article made by Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez for El Deber: Already five months passed since at the Social and Economic Summit in Cochabamba and promoted by the Government to ‘set the ground rules’ for the elaboration of economic and productive agenda with the private sector. However, so far the…
Bolivian jewelry exports’ decline
Unfortunately, one of our best alternatives of value added exports is in decline, it worries more the almost 60% reduction in volume, not so much in the dollar amount, as the increase in gold’s prices tends to offset the latter. Pagina Siete reports: The export of articles of jewelry was reduced by 58% in volume…
Bolivia and the USA will restore their Ambassadors, February 29, 2012
Pagina Siete and AFP report: Bolivia and United States took a decisive step to improve its deteriorating relations with the announcement of a forthcoming revival of ambassadors, main conclusion of the first meeting of a high-level Commission which launched a Convention binational framework. “In recognition of his decision to renew and advance relations, Bolivia and…
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