By Higinio Flores Alcazar, El Diario: Stopping gas exports to use it in the domestic market is neither a crazy nor rushed idea The time of “lean cows” has arrived after two decades of “living off grandma’s inheritance.” From being exporters of natural gas, we are one step away from becoming importers of the same…
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Ingenuamente, el presidente boliviano Luis Arce celebró la firma del contrato con entusiasmo | Naively, the Bolivian president Luis Arce welcomed the signing of the contract
Por Joseph Baselice, FirstOnLine: China también compra el Salar de Uyuni y accede al litio boliviano Pekín está invirtiendo más de $1.000 millones en dos fábricas que se construirán en el mayor (y más alto) salar del mundo, en los Andes: extraerá 35 toneladas de litio por año China lleva años colonizando la mitad del…
Fitch rebaja la calificación crediticia de Bolivia | Fitch downgrades Bolivia’s credit rating
Por MercoPress: La agencia internacional Fitch Ratings rebajó este viernes la calificación de Bolivia a “CCC-” y advirtió que se necesitan medidas correctivas urgentes para evitar un deterioro mayor. Al emitir su evaluación, Fitch consideró la falta de disponibilidad de divisas y las deficientes políticas económicas y fiscales del país. La nueva calificación implica un…
True causes of the current crisis were not detailed | No se detalló las verdaderas causas de la crisis actual
By Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH Analysts observe that the economy was sidelined and that the true causes of the current crisis were not detailed Arce did not address the dollar shortage /File Observers note that President Luis Arce, in his speech for Plurinational State Day, did not address the dollar shortage, fiscal…
A Stupid Holiday | Un feriado estúpido
By Juan Cristóbal Mac Lean, Brujula Digital: Photo: Ministry of Hydrocarbons What do they want? For us to celebrate MAS’s looting of Bolivia? To cheer for the fact that the country has broken its own corruption record? Or should we celebrate the destruction of institutions? Should we congratulate them for definitively and legally losing the…
Invasion of public lands due to the Brazil nut harvest | Avasallamiento de tierras fiscales debido a la zafra de castaña
By Erbol: PREVENTIVE ACTIONS REQUESTED Conflicts over the invasion of public lands are reported in Pando due to the Brazil nut harvest Brazil nut harvest in Pando. Illustrative image The 2024-2025 Brazil nut harvest in Pando has sparked a series of conflicts among Brazil nut collectors, farmers, seasonal workers, and landowners, who accuse each other…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 