The Bolivian State wants 50% of the private banks’ revenues

One more time, current Bolivian central government comes with the worst possible economic policy. Ernesto Estremadoiro Flores writes for El Dia: New law will control the sector utilities The State wants 50% of the banks’ revenues Figures. In 2012 this sector reported profits by $186 million dollars. The rest of the system generated only $35.7…

Five providential causes that support the economy

Luis Antezana writes wonderfully for El Diario: Five providential causes that support the economy There are two ways to learn about the status and the development of a country: if wealth occurs from the inside or if prosperity is caused by external factors. In the first case, the development is originated in domestic production and…

Evo says that he is not eternal…

Gary Antonio Rodríguez Álvarez superb writing for El Deber: Evo says that he is not eternal… Whenever someone speaks of eternity I like to investigate, because life and death are two inseparable facets of the human being. What caught my attention was the statement of President Morales, who said: “Evo is passed, Evo is not…

Bolivia is in the last place due to lack of budgetary transparency

From ANF [Fides News Agency]: THE COUNTRY IS IN LAST PLACE DUE TO LACK OF BUDGETARY TRANSPARENCY It reached just 12 points due to lack of appropriate publications from the project’s budget and for not spreading understandable information for the population in general, the rating is on a 100 point scale. La Paz, 26 Jan…

How is that, how President?

Maggy Talavera’s wonderful analysis in Pagina Siete: How is that, how President? When Evo Morales delivered his first speech as President of Bolivia, seven years ago, a question particularly caught the attention and was a matter of opinions in the national and international press. It was addressed to the former President Jaime Paz Zamora, who…