Por PAOLA FLORES and ISABEL DEBRE, AP News: Una mujer camina junto a una fila de conductores de camiones que esperan llenar sus tanques de diésel en El Alto, Bolivia, el martes 26 de noviembre de 2024. (Foto AP/Juan Karita) ARCHIVO – Carteles escritos a mano con mensajes que dicen en español: “Exigimos soluciones del gobierno”, “Arce, no…
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What Needs to Be Done to Stabilize and Resume Growth? | ¿Qué hacer para estabilizar y retomar el crecimiento?
By Juan Antonio Morales, Brujula Digital: Resuming growth is a key objective of economic policy. However, macroeconomic stabilization must come first. Bloomberg (|20|11|24|) classifies Bolivia’s crisis as a classic balance-of-payments crisis. The recipe to address this issue is well-known and doesn’t require reinventing the wheel, though it does demand a significant political agreement: Measures 1…
Letter from a Worthy Entrepreneur to Luis Arce | Carta de un empresario digno a Luis Arce
By Antonio Saravia, Vision 360: I will follow the rules when the government fulfills its responsibility and stops destroying macroeconomic stability with its excessive spending and rampant corruption. President Luis Arce, This is it. I am writing this letter to inform you that from now on, I will no longer play along with your game…
It’s No Longer a Crisis, It’s a Collapse | Ya no es crisis, es colapso
By Francesco Zaratti: Bolivia is grappling with fuel shortages, visible in the endless lines at gas stations. This crisis is nearing an energy collapse—not yet as severe as those in Cuba or Ecuador, but heading in that direction. While the causes are well-known, YPFB’s strategy to address the crisis remains unclear. The country’s lack of…
Parallel Dollar Nears Bs12 Amid Economic Uncertainty | Dólar paralelo se acerca a Bs12 en medio de incertidumbre económica
By El Deber: With the parallel dollar hovering around Bs 12, an upward trend is warned due to economic uncertainty The exchange rates in the black market and on unofficial websites range between Bs 11.50 and Bs 11.70. Some political figures even spoke out this Friday. The price of the dollar in the parallel market…
Massive March Demands Solution to Economic Crisis | Multitudinaria marcha exige solución a crisis económica
By El Diario: Mobilization with Empty Pots The street vendors, transport workers, neighborhood associations, artisans, and other social sectors staged protest marches yesterday, rejecting the socioeconomic situation the country is experiencing due to the lack of dollars, fuel shortages, and the alarming rise in prices of basic household goods. At the end of the march,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 