Rafael Sosa, El Dia: Health and economy How to find the balance? Providing information on the prevention of Covid-19 and testing campaigns can become much more effective measures than rigid quarantines in Bolivia, where there is talk of emphasizing economic reactivation, said Pablo Mendieta, an economist at the Bolivian Center for Economic Studies of the…
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Gobierno inactivo – Dormant government
Editorial, Página Siete: Inaction against the coronavirus Scientists have been warning for months that there would be a second wave of coronavirus infections. This was tragically demonstrated first in Europe, where the second wave has been devastating. Since the new coronavirus pandemic began, 568,000 people have died in Europe. Most of these deaths have taken…
Gobierno adormecido – Sleepy government
Página Siete: Dangerous lines The government does not seem to have realized the risk involved in people standing in endless lines in the streets, day and night, to renew their driver’s license or identity card. You don’t have to be a scientist to realize that these lines may be spreading the coronavirus through crowding and…
Real growth – 2021 – Crecimiento real
Pagina siete: The WB foresees growth of 3.9% for Bolivia The World Bank (WB) foresees that in 2021 Bolivia will reach a growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 3.9%, a figure lower than that estimated by the Government in the General State Budget (PGE), of 4.8% . [Opinion of Bolivian Thoughts: The populist,…
Postergar elecciones – Postpone elections
Jesus R. Alanoca, El Deber: Former minister proposes to postpone subnational elections for 60 days due to the outbreak of Covid-19 Ortiz recently walked away from the Democrats. He considers that authorities carry out electoral calculations that put the health of the population at risk The former minister and former candidate for the Presidency, Óscar…
Natural Gas – Agriculture
Editorial, El Deber: Gas and agri, time to think outside the box There is a phrase widely used in recent times: think outside the box, which means leaving the traditional schemes to innovate and seek new solutions to problems. This is what the national government has to do at this time, when it is necessary…
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