By German Huanca, Publico.bo: Bolivia is facing one of its worst economic crises in decades. The insistence on maintaining the MAS’s model, wrongly referred to as the “economic, social, community, and productive model,” established in 2006, has led the country to a crossroads: either persist with an exhausted extractivist economic system with significant state intervention,…
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President: Not corrupt and prioritizes improving the economy | No corrupto y que priorice mejorar la economía
By Fernando Chavez, Vision 360: Bolivians want a president who is not corrupt and prioritizes improving the economy, according to a survey In addition to being incorruptible, people value a president with a business profile, at 49%, while only 16% prefer a former president. Filling out a survey, reference image. Photo: concepto.de A survey commissioned…
A Large State or Strong Institutions? | ¿Un Estado grande o una institucionalidad sólida?
By German Huanca, El Deber: This article is a reply to Elizabeth Jiménez Zamora’s article published on brujuladigital.net, which presents an interesting reflection on the role of institutions in the Bolivian economy, inspired by the contributions of the 2024 Nobel Prize winners in Economics. However, the interpretation of these ideas invites a critical analysis, particularly…
In the short term, antimony, tin, and zinc are more important than lithium | En el corto plazo, antimonio, estaño y zinc, son más importantes que el litio
By El Diario: In the short term, tin, zinc, gold, silver, lead, and antimony are much more important than lithium for alleviating Bolivia’s economic crisis, according to former Minister of Mining Jaime Villalobos, who recommended turning attention to the Precambrian region in the east and the mineral deposits in the west. For Villalobos, a doctor…
Gov’t broke, prices soar | Gobierno sin dinero, precios suben
By El Diario, Melvy Ruiz, Eju.tv: The government, out of money, can no longer suppress the rise in product prices Product prices have increased by 7.26% up to October, and the population feels a 50% loss in the purchasing power of the national currency. Bolivia never had low inflation but rather suppressed it through a…
Accumulated trade deficit is 429% higher than in 2023 | Déficit comercial acumulado es 429% mayor que en 2023
By El Dia: As of September, Bolivia’s accumulated trade deficit is 429% higher than in 2023 “The accumulated trade balance from January to September 2024 was ‘negative’ (-$329 million USD), 429% larger than during the same period in 2023 (-$62.2 million USD),” stated Luis Fernando Romero, president of the Departmental College of Economists of Tarija….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 