El Diario reports: Environmental activists Conviction for killing jaguars is insufficient Chinese citizens who sold skins and fangs of jaguars from Bolivia were sentenced to four and three years in prison. The sentence of four and three years of imprisonment for the couple of Chinese citizens, traffickers of jaguar fangs and other pieces of wild…
Tag: public policy failures
Determined actions of the BCB will affect people’s expectations
El Diario reports: According to economic analysts The Central Bank tried to dispel concerns in the population and minimized the measure The determination is linked to the fall of reserves said a specialist There will be no devaluation and the model will not be adjusted, said yesterday, Pablo Ramos, president of the issuing institute BOLIVIAN…
Contrary To Expectations, Bolivia Selects A Chinese Firm To Build Its First Industrial Lithium Carbonate Plant
Juan Carlos Zuleta writes in Seeking Alpha: Summary In a recent article I discussed in depth the contractual process for lithium industrialization in Bolivia. I also argued that the one for construction of an industrial lithium carbonate plant was apparently not only delayed but had an anticipated winner. I was then referring to the German…
Legislators: Crisis in TSE gives rise to electoral fraud
El Diario reports and photoshopped photo of the wannabe autocrat comes from the internet: As in Venezuela The resignation of two members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in the beginning of a pre-election period, with the holding of primary elections prior to the general elections in 2019, causes alarm in the country’s political sphere,…
Serious consequences of the second Christmas bonus
A well-thought Editorial from El Diario: The second Christmas bonus offered by the government for both the public and private sectors will be $4,751 million Bolivianos ($682.6 million dollars) more or less, which, in the conditions of poverty in which the country is debating, results in a expense contrary to any foresight of judgment and…
evo’s legacy: a fragile economy, our international reserves continue to fall down!
ANF reports for El Deber: ECONOMY International reserves fall by $1,354 million dollars International reserves mean savings that support the country’s economic stability. This year has presented a decline in relation to 2017 Net international reserves (NIR) continue in sharp decline and from December 2017 to September 21 this year recorded a fall of $1,354…
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