Latin American Herald Tribune: Bolivia Outlook Cut to Negative by S&P By Delfina Cavanagh, Marina Neves, & Joydeep Mukherji Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings OVERVIEW Low export prices for natural gas, combined with thus far only modest success in boosting prospects for gas production, are weighing on Bolivia’s external position. Potentially prolonged current account deficits, continued high…
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Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission?
Michael Snyder writes for Scientific American: Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission? The tale of a giant Amazon fish reveals the promise and peril of “invasivorism” The paiche, which can weigh up to 400 pounds, is eating its way through freshwater fish populations in Bolivia. Now people are eating the paiche in an…
Church affirms that lynchings ‘are not worthy of a people like Bolivia’
ANF reports via El Dia: Church affirms that lynchings ‘are not worthy of a people like Bolivia’ Fernando Cuéllar, president of the Committee for Santa Cruz, expressed his indignation and total rejection for the ‘criminal, vandalic and inhuman’ act ‘that pretends to do justice by own hand’. Monsignor Sergio Gualberti affirmed yesterday that the lynchings…
Bolivia with $52.5 million dollars trade deficit in 10 years of potato production
ANF reports via El Deber: Bolivia with $52.5 million dollars trade deficit in 10 years of potato production During 2016, 91% of the imported volume of potatoes and their derivatives came from Peru. The purchases were mostly fresh potatoes. Including potatoes for sowing, fresh, fried, dehydrated, starch and potato flour, between 2010 and 2016, the…
Again! Bolivian gov’s ineptitude aims to put at risk business property … WTH!?
El Diario reports: Legal standard puts at risk business property • The private sector is in emergency due to the approval of the Social Enterprises bill in the Chamber of Deputies. CEPB President Ronald Nostas said that it is unacceptable and irrational to establish a legal causal when delay in the payment of services, wages…
Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply, thanks to ruling ineptitude!
Caitlin Dickson reports fro Yahoo News: Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply At the heart of South America, the long-struggling nation of Bolivia sits atop an unlikely gold mine: the world’s largest lithium reserves. It’s been nearly a decade since the Bolivian government first set out to capitalize on this…
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