Absence of dollars, exports of agricultural products released | Falta de dólares, liberan exportaciones de productos agrícolas

Mary Ortiz, AFP, EFE, Clarin, NewsRebeat: Change of direction in Bolivia: in the absence of dollars, exports of agricultural products are released Bolivia’s center-left government has made a change to its economic policy and agreed on Monday with entrepreneurs to free up agricultural exports, to cope a serious shortage of dollars. Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro made…

Se acabó – It’s over

Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: End of the oil companies The reign of oil has lasted 161 years until now but it goes out like a candle, just like the reign of mineral coal, which has lasted until now for 260 years and goes out like an ember. According to Antonio Escohotado, a Spanish researcher, in…

Bolivia and Peru resume fruit and vegetable exports

Fresh Plaza reports: The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) announced on January 23 that the issuance of phytosanitary permits and border inspections for the exchange of agricultural products between Peru and Bolivia had been restored. The National Agricultural Health Service of Peru (Senasa) asked its Bolivian counterpart, the National Agricultural Health and Agro-Food Safety…