Aaron van Wirdum reports for Bitcoin Magazine: Bolivian Authorities Arrest 60 ‘Cryptocurrency Promoters’ The Bolivian Financial System Supervision Authority (ASFI) arrested 60 “cryptocurrency promoters” last week. According to a statementpublished by the ASFI, in which it refers to bitcoin and several altcoins, the arrestees were carrying out “training activities” relating to investments that have “characteristics of…
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Bolivia Outlook Cut to Negative by S&P
Latin American Herald Tribune: Bolivia Outlook Cut to Negative by S&P By Delfina Cavanagh, Marina Neves, & Joydeep Mukherji Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings OVERVIEW Low export prices for natural gas, combined with thus far only modest success in boosting prospects for gas production, are weighing on Bolivia’s external position. Potentially prolonged current account deficits, continued high…
Expert Says Bolivia Must Adjust to Economic Lean Years
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…
Bolivian State at risk of losing $ 191.2 million due to ochlocrat behavior of ruling party
El Diario reports: Bond purchases from El Salvador State at risk of losing $ 191.2 million • BCB: Bonds from El Salvador are “fully” guaranteed by the Central American Bank The state is at risk of losing $191.2 million dollars, owing to the economic instability of El Salvador, said Sen. Óscar Ortiz, a Democrat, who…
Bolivia says February inflation was 0.38 percent
Reuters reports: Bolivia says February inflation was 0.38 percent Bolivian consumer prices rose 0.38 percent in February, the official National Statistics Institute said on Friday, marking an increase in inflation from 0.10 percent in January. Rising food and beverage prices led February’s increase. The South American natural gas exporting nation expects inflation of 5.03 percent…
Bolivia says 2016 inflation was 4 pct, up from 2.95 pct in 2015
Reuters reports: Bolivia says 2016 inflation was 4 pct, up from 2.95 pct in 2015 Bolivia’s inflation rate for full-year 2016 was 4 percent, the official National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday, well under the government’s 5.3 percent target but higher than the 2.95 percent rise in consumer prices in 2015. The economy ministry…
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