By Germán Huanca Luna, Urgente.bo: While the government labels the Plurinational Assembly’s refusal to approve international loans as “economic sabotage,” from an economic standpoint, what is unfolding is a disaster that has been forewarned for years. The current situation is the result of an economic policy that has prioritized public spending beyond the country’s real…
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Without Dollars, Fuel, Facing High Inflation, and a Negative Trade Balance | Sin dólares, sin combustible, con alta inflación y una balanza comercial negativa
By Álvaro Rosales Melgar, Unitel; Eju.tv: Bolivia is Without Dollars, Fuel, Facing High Inflation, and a Negative Trade Balance, Analysts and Politicians Warn On Monday, alarms were raised after the government revealed that it does not have enough foreign currency to purchase fuel and will now supply it to productive sectors at international prices. The…
Inability to ensure subsidized fuel supply | Incapacidad para garantizar el suministro subsidiado de combustible
By Brújula Digital: Facing Supply Shortages, Government Offers Productive Sector Fuel Imports at International Prices After admitting its inability to ensure subsidized fuel supply, the government is offering miners and the agricultural sector the option to import fuel at international prices through YPFB The Minister of Hydrocarbons (2nd from Right) Presents the Government’s Offer. Photo:…
Conflicts Ahead: A Week Begins with Blockades and Marches Over Fuel Shortages | Conflictos en puerta: inicia una semana con bloqueos y marchas por falta de combustible
By Brújula Digital: Various sectors announce mobilizations in response to the fuel crisis, the seventh provision of the PGE, and other demands. Gold Mining Cooperatives Protest in Downtown La Paz /Photo: APG The coming days will be marked by conflicts in various regions of the country due to fuel shortages, the economic crisis, and opposition…
Who Will Define the Future of Bolivia | Quién definirá el futuro de Bolivia
Editorial, El Dia: Shouting in an aggressive and overbearing tone, the mayor of El Alto, Eva Copa, said a few days ago that the people of El Alto will once again decide the direction the country will take and that they will be the ones to determine who will be the next president of Bolivia….
Is it coherent, wise, under the current sociopolitical crisis, to even consider a salary increase? | ¿Es coherente, sensato, bajo la crisis sociopolítica actual, el pensar siquiera en un incremento salarial?
By Erbol; El Potosi: Bolivian business leaders take a stance on proposed salary increases The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia, through a statement released this Sunday, has expressed its rejection of proposals made by some union leaders regarding a proposed salary increase this year. In its statement, the confederation firmly rejects the declarations of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 