Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Expert Says Bolivia Must Adjust to Economic Lean Years LA PAZ – The boom that Bolivia enjoyed during the last 10 years has given way to a downturn and the country must now adjust its economy to the lean times that are just starting, an economist warns. Gonzalo Chavez pursued…
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What countries require visas to Bolivians?
hoybolivia.com reports: What countries require visas to Bolivians? The Bolivian passport is the one that needs the most visas to enter other countries. Only 25 destinations are accessible without it and another 33 give it upon arrival. Most countries require a visa to enter for a few days as a tourist or even to stay for…
Bolivia’s naive foreign policy
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Naive foreign policy Bolivia now has deteriorated relations with USA, Brazil, Argentina and, one might say, also Peru, for the suspension of the presidential meeting that was to take place last week. The U.S. Charge d’affaires [DCM], Harry Mammott, just left for his country “for personal reasons”, which means…
If you are a foreigner living or wanting to live in Bolivia, PLS be aware of this:
A very useful Editorial from Pagina Siete: Regularization of aliens The Government has taken a positive step in recent days on the situation of foreigners who do not have papers to reside legally in the country. President Evo Morales and his Cabinet signed a decree giving them six months to regularize their situation by means…
Bolivia to lose its comparative and natural advantage on Quinoa!!
Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: EUROPE, AMERICA, AFRICA AND EVEN CHINA MAKE EXPERIMENTS More countries compete with the Andean quinoa The country is making efforts, but is about to lose the comparative advantage of the product. Quinoa worldwide crops expands rapidly and threatens the productive supremacy that Bolivia and Peru have so far, according…
Bolivian central government’s blatant errors on foreign policy
El Diario’s editorial reflects our disgrace of having a central government that has NO capacity at all… Blatant errors of foreign policy Wrong and successive steps of the Government in international politics and, in particular, with reference to relations with Chile, never cease to cause concern, but even amazement on diplomatic circles. That the case…
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