Humberto Vacaflor made an excellent analysis of current Bolivian political situation, published by El Deber: Impeachment solution This time it seems urgent creation of a Ministry of coherence. The miner who died last week was the victim of the mistakes of the Government in the treatment of the mining issue. Minister Mario Virreira, mining, admitted…
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Bolivian economics 101: results and expectations with current gov policies… August, 2012
To better illustrate how prepared we are to secure our daily lives, the following graphs and cartoons should serve us to think over what to expect and what to do in 2014… These graphs are from IBCE, see direct link for more info here Silver, Tin and Zinc international prices are going down, internally a…
Investments 101 – Mallku Khota: How to scare away private investment, by current Bolivian gov…
The following news from El Deber [using government’s official site ABI] and many cartoons from Bolivian press, reflect an undisputed reality: we can scare away the most loyal, fiercest investor, and so all needed employment for Bolivian households. Government seals reversal of Mallku Khota Hill The promulgation of Supreme Decree 1308 today [August 2, 2012]…
And the prices of our commodities start to drop… what will current Bolivian gov do?! if anything!!
Current Bolivian government portrays itself as an ‘economics’ expert, shows a large international reserves as if they were the ones who made that happen… the reason why we are doing relatively good in macroeconomic terms are the extraordinary higher international prices of our minerals and natural gas. Not a single job nor a ton of…
Takeover becomes nationalization of a Glencore mine concession
As a result of blockades and pressures, the government has shown, one more time, the worst possible scenario at a time when they also want to attract foreign capital. Jindal is on their way out, and some government officials were saying other companies will be hired… Current Bolivian president is on a trip to Europe…
In Bolivia, higher mineral prices lead to more illegal and violent take overs
A sad reality in the Bolivia “of the change process,” instead of taking advantage of the extraordinary high prices in the international markets for our raw materials, Bolivia shows little security to private investment and what is worst, has generated anarchical reactions on communities nationwide, Walter Vasquez reports for La Razon: According to data from…
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