By EFE, Eju.tv: “The results are disastrous” A shortage of foreign currency, fuel rationing, and unfinished industrial projects mark the final stretch of the president’s term. Bolivian President Luis Arce holds a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, August 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) A month before President Luis Arce…
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Illegal mining multiplies due to high international prices | Minería ilegal se multiplica por altos precios internacionales
By El Potosi: Gold and silver are luring many because of today’s spectacular market values. Many want to enter the mining business. El Potosí The high international prices of various minerals appear to be encouraging the growth of legal mining in the Department of Potosí. The dean of the Faculty of Mining Engineering at Tomás Frías…
Difficult to get out of the economic crisis, even harder to get out of the moral crisis | Difícil salir de la crisis económica, más difícil salir de la crisis moral
By Sayuri Loza, Eju,tv: Mamani sleeps (…) meanwhile other Mamanis have to find a way to stretch the money that no longer suffices Remedios Loza (+) and MAS deputy Zulay Mamani (right). / Photo: Sayuri Loza When my mother ran for a congressional seat in 1989, she took her post very seriously because she had…
“Arce’s legacy is a house of cards” | “el legado de Arce es un país de naipes”
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: Agricultural producers demand actions to protect the economy and claim that “Arce’s legacy is a house of cards” The National Agricultural Confederation states that the measures implemented both by the current government and its predecessors have been irresponsible and have only contributed to dismantling the national economy. Representatives of Confeagro…
Reservas de oro de Bolivia: controversia por las ventas anticipadas del Banco Central | Bolivia’s gold reserves: controversy over Central Bank’s advance sales
Por Mar Puig, UPI: Bolivia posee oficialmente unas 24,1 toneladas de oro, pero solo el 9% —poco más de 2 toneladas— está almacenado en el país. El resto se guarda en bancos extranjeros. Foto: chiplanay/Pixabay Sep. 22 (UPI) — Bolivia enfrenta un creciente debate sobre el manejo de sus reservas de oro luego de que el…
Former Minister: “The next government must bring $5 billion to resolve the first year of its term, just in the energy sector” | Exministro: “El próximo Gobierno tiene que venir con $us 5.000 millones para resolver el primer año de su mandato, solo en materia energética”
By Unitel: Álvaro Ríos believes the next administration will face a “titanic task” to resolve the energy crisis and will need to bring in “a lot of cash” to supply the country with fuel. Former Hydrocarbons Minister Álvaro Ríos expressed concern over the fuel crisis Bolivia is going through and criticized the Government’s response, pointing…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 