Bnamericas: Bolivia’s economy faces headwinds from a lack of dollars, dwindling international reserves and political infighting within the governing party. “While inflation is not a problem in Bolivia, as it came in below 3% in February, economic growth has slowed down significantly, with real GDP below 2%,” William Foster, senior VP of sovereign risk at…
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Moody´s: Lithium won’t be enough to offset gas revenues | El litio no será suficiente para compensar los ingresos del gas
Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: The company considers that the lack of access to the sea may increase the costs of lithium and points out that the country must promote industrialization and, at the same time, redevelop the hydrocarbon sector. The Lithium Carbonate Industrial Plant inaugurated in December 2023, in Colcha K. Photo: MHE. While…
Social bonds must be eliminated | Los bonos sociales deben eliminarse
Antonio Saravia, El Deber: The state spent over a billion dollars in 2023 financing five social bonds: the Dignity Income, the Juana Azurduy bond, the universal prenatal bond, the Juancito Pinto bond, and the bond for severely disabled people. Of these, the one requiring the most disbursements was the Dignity Income, costing $922 million, which…
El gobierno engaña con el etanol | Gov misleads w ethanol
¿Qué sucederá en Bolivia, que ha permitido que miles de vehículos considerados chatarra en sus países de origen y contrabandeados aquí, como un movimiento demagógico para apaciguar a la población? ¿Es este otro intento de desviar la atención sobre lo mal que van realmente nuestro sistema judicial, nuestra democracia y nuestra situación económica? En cualquier…
The state never helps… | El estado jamás ayuda…
Editorial, El Dia: The state enjoys good press because it helps, provides assistance, distributes wealth, and seeks social justice, but these are just good intentions. The reality is very different because it ends up generating more poverty than before, discourages production, and above all, harms the neediest. The harm of state aid is especially evident…
Concession and closure of state-owned companies will generate savings for the country | Concesión y cierre de empresas estatales generará ahorro al país
El Diario: Economist argues that it will allow reducing fiscal deficit With the aim of reducing the fiscal deficit in the country’s economy, which for the current management will be 7.80% with respect to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economist Darío Monasterio proposes to apply a system of concession of works for the private sector…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 