Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The oil companies advise the government to correct the rules that apply in that industry if it wants to replace the reserves that have been exploited restlessly since 2006, until they are exhausted. The government has responded, through YPFB, that it now intends to make “the largest investment in history” in…
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The State is not a good administrator | El Estado no es un buen administrador
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The Administrator and pensions The specialists in economics, when establishing an overview of what is to come next year, point out that one of the central issues will be the administration of retirement resources by the Public Pension Manager. The substance of the matter is as follows: there is a deep and…
Five pressing questions for the future of lithium mining in Bolivia | Cinco preguntas apremiantes para el futuro de la minería del litio en Bolivia
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: COLCHANI, Bolivia — Bolivia is taking another shot at lithium investment. After decades of stalled projects and soured relationships with international investors, the central government, under left-wing President Luis Arce, is evaluating offers from six overseas mining companies eager to help the country set up a monopoly on the world’s largest deposit…
A profound difference – Una profunda diferencia
CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press, ABC News: In Bolivia, literacy training makes a profound difference Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its citizens could not read nor write a generation ago PUCARANI, Bolivia — Anacleta Mamani has no teeth, but a happy smile: She’s learned to read and…
MAS: Cheap politicking – Politiquería barata
El Diario: Camacho criticizes spending “millions on politicking” After the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the dispute between Chile and Bolivia over the waters of Silala, the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, criticized the two defeats against the trans-Andean country and considers that Evo Morales should be prosecuted. He…
Census law bogged down by seats in congress | Ley del Censo empantanada por escaños en el Congreso
Diego Seas, El Deber: According to the Interinstitutional Committee, the point that now bogs down the Census Law is the redistribution of seats The spokesman Manfredo Bravo affirmed that the project should be approved in the Senate until this weekend, in order to send it quickly to the Executive The spokesman for the Inter-institutional Committee…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 