El Diario: The Bolivian records devaluation and loss of purchasing power The shortage of dollars in the Bolivian market causes an increase in the value of products and services, while the Government does not give signals of supplying the currency, so companies are already taking precautions and announcing price increases for their items; the food…
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Economic Damage to the State | Daño Económico al Estado
Francesco Zaratti: I find significant ambiguities in the concept of “Economic Damage to the State” (EDS), which generally refers to the impact on the state’s assets by officials and authorities but has become a pretext for political persecution. EDS is one of the most common offenses within a society that idolizes the State and tends…
Five factors aggravating the economic crisis | Cinco factores que agravan la crisis económica
Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: Entrepreneurs see five factors aggravating the economic crisis in Bolivia Five factors that are accumulating one after another are a cause for concern for entrepreneurs who believe that if they are not addressed, the country’s economic problems will worsen. In addition to the shortage of dollars, which dates back to…
Uncertainty in business | MAS | Incertidumbre en empresariado
El Diario: CNC points out that the economic situation generates uncertainty in business Given the detriment and economic damage, as a result of the recent blockades of roads and highways in Bolivia, as well as the shortage of fuel and dollars, essential for the development of foreign trade, it has caused an environment of uncertainty…
Dollar shortage: a time bomb | Escasez de dólares: una bomba de tiempo
Editorial, El Deber: An old saying says that “There is no deadline that is not met nor debt that is not paid”, and it can well be applied to the Bolivian reality. The fall in gas exports, restrictions on the sale of agricultural products, the reduction to zero of foreign investment and the increase in…
Drug trafficking and attack on press freedom | Narcotráfico y agresión a la libertad de prensa
Rodolfo Huallpa, Brujula Digital: In Yapacaní, a journalist is expelled from the Municipal Council for asking about a drug trafficking case Councilors Reynaldo Hurtado and Rigoberto Blanco at the time they rebuke the journalist. Photo: screenshot. Journalist Marcelino Rodríguez, director of radio Omega in the municipality of Yapacaní, was stigmatized and prevented from accessing information…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 