By El Diario: Business Leaders Ask the Government to Respect Their Rights, Avoid Closures and Layoffs Private business leaders warned about the negative effects of raising the National Minimum Wage (SMN) to Bs 3,300 and demanded that the government respect their rights by adopting mitigation measures to avoid mass closures and layoffs. The president of…
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Fuel Bribe Network Exposed | Red de coimas en combustibles al descubierto
By Erbol: TRUTH COMMISSION They uncover an institutional structure of extortion and bribes in the fuel sector ANH officials carry out fuel-loading inspections. Photo: ANH The Vice Minister of Transparency, Yamil García, reported that the Hydrocarbons Truth Commission managed to uncover the existence of an institutional structure of “extortion” linked to the fuel sector. According…
Bolivia’s Gold Bill Comes Due | La factura del oro de Bolivia
By Brujula Digital: BCB: $921 million needed to cover advance gold sale carried out under Arce’s administration “We have been left with that inheritance that all Bolivians will have to pay for in this 2026 term,” explained the president of the BCB. The president of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), David Espinoza, speaks to…
They Propose a Referendum on an “Anti-Blockade” Regulation | Plantean referendo para normativa “antibloqueos”
By El Diario: In the face of threats from leaders of the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB), the national assemblyman for La Paz, Carlos Alarcón, proposed that the “anti-blockade” law be submitted to the sovereign people through a referendum, since he sees union leadership seeking to continue kidnapping Bolivia with criminal and delinquent practices aimed at…
The Bleak Future | El sombrío futuro
By Antonio Saravia, Eju.tv: Supreme Decree (DS) 5516 came to light last Tuesday the 13th after an announcement by Minister Lupo in which it was revealed that the new regulation had been reviewed “article by article with the COB” in the early hours of that morning. Yes, you read that right: the COB ended up…
Assault on Tuichi: Illegal Mining Invades Madidi | Asalto al Tuichi: minería ilegal invade Madidi
By El Diario: They intend to bring machinery in for illegal mining activity in the Tuichi River Despite the existence of environmental precautionary measures in favor of the Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, issued by the Plenary Chamber of the Agro-Environmental Tribunal, it was reported today, according to…
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