Companies on alert over decree modifying the Profit Tax | Empresas en alerta por decreto que modifica el Impuesto a Utilidades

By Unitel, El Diario: Provision creates uncertainty President Luis Arce approved Supreme Decree 5327, which, according to tax expert Jasmine Daza, “puts all Bolivian companies on red alert” due to a provision included in the regulation that allegedly modifies the Profit Tax (IU). The specific point Daza refers to is the second additional provision, which…

Are lithium contracts profitable? | ¿Son rentables los contratos del litio?

By Francesco Zaratti: The profitability of the contracts that “Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos” (YLB) intends to sign with the Russian company Uranium and the Chinese consortium CBC is their real Achilles heel. The expenses of the project are determined by each company’s investments and operating costs, so that, to justify the profitability of these contracts,…

They repeat mistakes that create instability in food supply | Repiten errores que generan inestabilidad en el abastecimiento de alimentos

By El Diario: At a time when we are requesting better conditions, certainty, and legal security to increase productivity and thus ensure greater food security for the population, jobs, and foreign exchange, the government responds with more prohibitions. This measure will cause instability in the supply of products, according to a statement from the Cámara…

MAS: Denying the crisis | Negando la crisis

By Erbol: WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES “It’s denying the crisis and pointing elsewhere”: Cainco rejects the ban on beef exports The president of Cainco, Jean Pierre Antelo. Photo: archive Shortly after learning of the government’s decision to suspend beef exports, the president of the Santa Cruz Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services, and Tourism (Cainco), Jean Pierre…

Foundations question lithium contracts, call them inconsistent, and urge the Legislature for a “thorough analysis” | Fundaciones observan contratos del litio, afirman que son incongruentes y piden al Legislativo un “análisis exhaustivo”

By Fernando Chávez, Visión 360: The technical and financial clauses of the contracts favor the companies Uranium and CBC, according to the analysis. A lithium industrialization plant. Photo: YLB The Jubileo, Milenio, and Solón foundations, along with the Geneva Club (CDG) and the Bolivia Documentation and Information Center (Cedib), have raised a series of concerns…