By Marco Belmonte, Vision 360: Air Monitoring The Atmospheric Physics Laboratory warns of an environmental catastrophe and foresees a lack of rain due to the fires. The problem is that the Amazon region of the continent is experiencing one of the most intense droughts in recent years, which could result in the rain not arriving…
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Arce without proposals to resolve the economic crisis | Arce sin propuestas de salida a la crisis económica
By German Huanca, Publico.bo: President Arce finally came clean before the country, first acknowledging that Bolivia is in an economic crisis, identifying the causes we all already knew, and offering solutions. Unfortunately, the identification of the causes and the proposed solutions do not resolve the economic crisis, will not bring dollars, nor will they resolve…
The banking sector “Bolivianizes” amid the dollar shortage | La banca se “bolivianiza” ante la escasez de dólares
By Gregory Beltrán, La Prensa; Luz Mendoza, Eju.tv: The Association of Private Banks of Bolivia (Asoban) presented the balance for the first half of the year, confirming that deposits in the national currency reached 90.8 percent. If a person tries to open a savings account in dollars or wants to buy foreign currency, the response…
Bolivia está cerca de la estanflación | Bolivia is close to stagflation
El Diario: After reaching a statistical growth of 6.11% in 2021, it dropped to 3.61% in 2022 and to 3.08% in 2023. The Bolivian economy has once again entered a slowdown, placing Bolivia close to stagflation, according to economist Gonzalo Chávez. The lack of dollars and fuel, especially diesel, is slowing down the productive activity…
BENI: Drought and forest fires | Sequía y los incendios forestales
Brújula Digital: Beni declares a “disaster situation” due to drought and forest fires. Firefighters battle fires in Beni. Photo: Beni Governor’s Office The forest fires and extreme drought severely affecting several municipalities in Beni prompted the department’s government to issue Departmental Decree 13/2024, officially declaring the region in a “disaster situation.” This declaration aims to…
Luis Arce faces at least three fronts of conflict | Luis Arce afronta al menos tres frentes de conflicto
By Juan Carlos Véliz, Eju.tv: Luis Arce faces at least three fronts of conflict, according to political analysts Santa Cruz announced a civic strike today against the results of the National Population and Housing Census, and Evo Morales announced a march from Caracollo to La Paz for September 17. President Luis Arce may face the most…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 