The Economist reports: High varietals Bolivia’s other intoxicating export—fine wine A newcomer to tipple’s top table In 2010 the Netherlands’ Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries, which is financed by the government, sent Cees van Casteren to Bolivia. His mission was to help Bolivia’s vintners break into Europe. It was a tough assignment….
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How Bolivia plans to deal with the oil price crash
Bnamericas report: Bolivia’s hydrocarbons ministry has outlined a roadmap to navigate the current oil pricing environment impacted by depressed energy demand brought on by the global health crisis. “For our country, the immediate effect of what happens in the world is null…however, our country always had the dilemma of generating a lot of income from the sale…
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…
USA buys more Bolivian sugar – EEUU nos compra más azúcar
Ernesto Estremadoiro reports for El Deber: The US will buy more Bolivian sugar, sweet news in bitter times for the industry The quota for 2020 rose from 8,424 tons to 12,758. According to the North American embassy it will be the largest quota in more than two decades that the country receives. The harvest is…
Extend the quarantine – Extender la cuarentena
Pagina Siete reports: Minister of Labor considers it appropriate to extend the quarantine According to the recent report of the Ministry of Health, until Sunday 183 positive cases were reported, most of them in Santa Cruz. The Minister of Labor, Óscar Mercado, affirmed that it would be worthwhile to extend the quarantine in the country…
Bolivia as emerging country, faces real crisis! – Como pais emergente, enfrentamos una crisis real!
Andres Gomez writes in Pagina Siete: Do we save lives or do we save the economy? I fear that in a few more days we Bolivians will have to discuss an ethical dilemma: are we still in quarantine to save lives and kill the economy, or are we leaving quarantine to save the economy and…
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