A necessary warning to the opposition By Gisela Derpic, Brujula Digital: In the 1990s, a profound political crisis incubated in Bolivia. Its signs were the coca growers’ mobilizations, the so-called “water war” in Cochabamba, and the blockades in the La Paz highlands between 2000 and 2001. Few noticed the depth of it. Most analysts and…
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The rise in the dollar will increase external debt and imports | Repunte del dólar encarecerá deuda externa e importaciones
The price of the dollar is rising, causing global distress, so economists warn that this situation will increase external debt and imports for several countries, including Bolivia. Currently, according to the finance specialized site Bloomberg Line, countries burdened with external debt remain at risk, with Maldives and Bolivia particularly vulnerable if the strength of the…
How much natural gas do we have left? | ¿Cuánto gas natural nos queda?
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The volume of gas reserves in Bolivia is a mystery, at least for those who are not part of the state instances of the hydrocarbon sector. This lack of information violates Law 3740 of Sustainable Development of the Hydrocarbon Sector, enacted in August 2007, whose article 7 establishes that “YPFB, until March…
Evo’s Ambition Unleashed: A Nation in Turmoil | La Ambición Desatada de Evo: Una Nación en Turbulencia
Evo out of focus By Rolando Kempff, El Deber: When greed and ambition overshadow reality, men become distorted and lost. This is more or less what is happening with Evo Morales, whose craving to return to power keeps him awake at night. There is no argument or plea that convinces him that the privileged time…
Blow to the Economy | Mazazo a la economía
Editorial, El Dia: In a few days, the Bolivian economy will suffer another blow when the government approves a generalized increase for the universe of wage earners, which are actually very few in this country of informal workers. Indeed, Bolivia’s extensive informality, one of the largest in the world, is the result of harmful policies…
Navigating Economic Turbulence: Past and Present | Navegando la Turbulencia Económica: Pasado y Presente
By Juan Antonio Morales, Vision 360: The lessons of DS21060 for the current situation Stabilization now, as in 1985, could consist of exchange rate unification, fiscal consolidation, no more central bank credits to the government and its enterprises, and renegotiation of external debt. In the 1980-1985 quinquennium, the country faced some conditions similar to those…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 