El Dia published on December 8, 2011 information about the Bolivian supply of natural gas being insufficient for projects like El Mutun (iron): [You can see the total supply in the colored ‘waves’, representing the gas fields. The line on top of all is the total demand and the down pointing red arrows represents the…
Tag: competitiveness
Bolivia is the largest producer of organic cocoa!!
This week is almost over and finally! a piece of good news!! As reported by Gabriela Imaña, La Prensa (for full Spanish article, please use the link below): Currently, Bolivia is recognized as the world’s largest producer of organic cocoa; it grows in the Alto Beni region. The Department of La Paz has 90 percent of…
Remittances help consolidate 89 entrepreneurial initiatives
Pagina Siete reports on a very important element for the economics of Bolivian households who have part of their families working outside our country: A total of 89 business that generated at the same time 254 jobs are the result of the implementation of the migratory model of voluntary people coming back; an initiative made…
December Econ 101: An alert that State intervention is ‘expensive’
A very informative report news, extremely useful economic analysis of current Bolivian government performance. Written by Carla Paz Vargas for El Deber, December 3, 2011: The blackouts, the importation of food, the restriction of exports, the increase in the subsidy to fuel, lack of jobs and the collapse of foreign investment, among other things, are…
Proud of Bolivian jewelry!! Expojoya 2011
This is positive news!! as reported by http://www.hoybolivia.com, Bolivian export quality pieces, will be presented in Expojoya 2011: “A meeting with your style”, which will expose the work of designers from December 13 to 18, in the Santa Cruz Cultural Center. This fair is organized by the Chamber of exporters of Santa Cruz (CADEX) and…
Briefs: sugar export and heavy load transport
Both news reported by La Razon, if you want to read the full Spanish articles, please use the links provided below, thank you. Sugar export The Government authorized the export of 650 thousand quintals (qq) of sugar. The measure falls short to the Bolivian sugar industry; sugar cane growers and sugar mills planned to…
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