Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: President Luis Arce decided, in the third month of his mandate, to observe the situation of the Chinese virus pandemic in the country and for that he hired dozens of masistas to go to all regions. Before these Masista missionaries leave, here are some information that could help them about the…
Tag: government failures
Desempleo urbano – Urban unemployment
Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: The urban unemployment rate rose from 4.5% to 8.7%, according to the INE Analysts believe that the index will remain in 2021 if the Government does not reactivate demand and seal alliances with sectors that are intensive in creating jobs. According to the National Institute of Statistics, at the end…
¿Quién invertiría? – Who would invest?
Los Tiempos: They warn of flight of foreign investment with indefinite tax on wealth The application of the Tax on Large Fortunes (IGF) indefinitely and not only for two years, represents a disincentive to national and foreign capital that intends to invest in the country, which will seek alternatives in countries such as Paraguay, Uruguay…
Falla gubernamental – Government failure
Josue Hinojosa, Los Tiempos: Production of 6 crops in Santa Cruz increases by 15% Despite the difficulties related to the coronavirus pandemic, the production of soy, corn, wheat, sunflower, sorghum and chia in year 2020 reached a volume of 5,024,000 tons, 15 percent above the volume registered in 2019, reported the vice president of the…
Ni experto ni competente – Neither expert nor proficient
Editorial, El Deber: Worrying government economic measures The Government has defined a package of economic measures that is worrying for the national productive sector. On the one hand, the bill for the tax on large fortunes and the reduction of the Value Added Tax are under treatment. On the other hand, seven economic decrees of…
A enmendar se dijo – Time to amend
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: They anticipate that Arce will have to make unpopular decisions to clean up the State accounts Considered the architect of the “Bolivian miracle,” the president must now administer a country with a very different situation from the boom time that Bolivia experienced in the last decade Torino Economics, the economic research…
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