By El Diario: Generates uncertainty and distress among savers A series of banking restrictions endorsed by state authorities has created a financial freeze that threatens to cause a disaster of significant proportions. In this context, Bolivians have witnessed increasingly limited access to their own funds over the past months. According to economists, the government lacks…
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Inflation, dollar shortages, and fuel scarcity: the new face of Bolivia | Inflación, escasez de dólares y falta de combustible, la nueva cara de Bolivia
By Opinion: 2024 marked the end of the economic boom of the early millennium. The Bolivian currency depreciated, and gasoline and diesel are in short supply. An alleged coup worsened the situation. In a report last year, the World Bank highlighted Bolivia as one of the three economies with the best economic growth projections in…
Bolivians end the year with distrust in the government | Bolivianos cierran el año con desconfianza en el Gobierno
By El Diario: In public opinion With a crisis of confidence in the government due to the lack of foreign currency, fuel shortages, and corruption, Bolivians end the year. A snapshot of Bolivia’s reality presented by Ipsos Ciesmori reveals that 95% of those surveyed believe the country is on the wrong track. Luis Garay, client…
The merits of Evo and Arce | Los méritos de Evo y Arce
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brújula Digital: They rose to power together, with Evo only adopting indigenous and socialist ideas at the last minute. Early in his campaign, those were not his main themes, as he came from a unionist logic more closely tied to revolutionary nationalism, which is his true heritage, as is the Popular…
‘Getting to Bolivia is extremely expensive’: Tourism sector calls for open skies or greater flexibility | ‘Llegar a Bolivia es carísimo’: Turismo pide cielos abiertos o más flexibilidad
By Daniel Gutierrez, La Razon: The sector’s proposal includes eliminating bureaucratic and tax barriers to attract investors and promote tourism. The ATT reports 33,000 airline passengers affected by high demand. Image: La Razón archive Due to the high costs of entering the country and the lack of effective policies to promote tourism, sector operators propose…
ECLAC: Bolivia’s economy will grow 1.7% in 2024, half of the government’s forecast (3.71%) | Cepal: La economía boliviana crecerá 1,7% en 2024, la mitad de lo previsto por el Gobierno (3,71%)
By El Deber: Bolivia has become the third most inflationary economy in the region, after Argentina and Venezuela, with a cumulative inflation of 8.82% and an annual inflation rate of 9.51%. Twelve days before the end of 2024, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) published its latest regional economic report titled…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 