By ANF, El Potosi: PAZ AND QUIROGA, HEADING TO THE SECOND ROUND ON OCTOBER 19 Quiroga promises liberal-style plans with shock policies. Paz, a financial truth-telling and recovery of funds The plans that offer to get the country out of the crisis Elías Mendoza drives a heavy cargo truck and has been waiting in line…
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Bolivia: Monetary Issuance Grew by 815% from 2006 to 2024 | La emisión monetaria creció en un 815% del 2006 al 2024
By Fernando Romero, Eju.tv: As of August 2025, despite INE data showing a slowdown in inflation, Bolivia’s accumulated (18.09%) and year-on-year (24.15%) inflation rates remain high. Estimates suggest this year will close between 22% and 25%. Alongside the shortage of dollars (and their high cost), fuel scarcity, reverse contraband, and other issues, excessive monetary issuance…
What should Bolivia learn from Milei’s defeat? | ¿Qué debe aprender Bolivia de la derrota de Milei?
By Eju.tv: “These are clear lessons that Bolivia must consider: agreements in the legislature, stabilization policies, and later, growth policies that ensure continuity of economic progress,” said Ríos. Santa Cruz.– The recent defeat of Argentine president Javier Milei at the polls not only impacts Argentina’s politics and economy, but also offers important lessons for Bolivia,…
Decalogue of Urgency for the Disaster in the Energy Sector | Decálogo de urgencia para el desastre generado en el sector energético
By Alvaro Rios, Brujula Digital: The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), in its two decades of government, has plunged the country into the worst energy disaster of its republican life. They squandered 13 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of gas reserves and wasted $67 billion in hydrocarbon exports. Bolivia is left with 1.3 TCF and declining hydrocarbon…
Tuto Quiroga warns BCB executives of prison if they don’t hand over 22 tons of gold | Tuto Quiroga advierte cárcel para ejecutivos del BCB si no entregan 22 toneladas de oro
By Erbol: CALLS TO UPHOLD THE LAW Jorge Tuto Quiroga shares an apthapi in the city of Satélite in El Alto this Saturday. Photo/Social networks Presidential candidate Jorge Tuto Quiroga warned this Saturday that he will initiate criminal proceedings against executives of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) if, on November 8—the date when the…
NIR, small and a challenge for the new government | RIN, pequeño y desafío para el nuevo gobierno
By Germán Huanca, Urgente.bo: A figure has just been released that, last year, was kept highly secretive around this time. The Central Bank of Bolivia, today, before the end of the MAS’s 20 years in power, made public the new data on Net International Reserves (NIR) as of August 31, 2025. Bolivia had a total…
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