The graph below was obtained in the web. It reflects in my view that macroeconomic data can be misleading. It uses statistical averages and does not reflect reality. Before evo bread was at Bs0.20 now is over Bs0.80; kilo of beef was Bs.14 and now is over Bs40. On top of the above, the cash…
Tag: public policy failures
evo’s disgraceful demagogue ended up costing us over 1.5 billion dollars!
El Diario reports: Arbitration against Bolivia total $1,500 MM The Bolivian State must pay around $1,500 million dollars for 12 international arbitrations, verified in the Court of Arbitration and Conciliation of the National Chamber of International Commerce of Paris and before the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). According to data provided by…
Our Bufeo, dolphin of the Amazon basin is in danger of extinction!
El Deber reports: ALERT The dolphins of the Amazon basin are in danger of extinction According to one study, the number of these aquatic mammals is halved every decade. Populations of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon basin are declining steeply at a disheartening pace: the number of these aquatic mammals is halved every decade. These…
evo MUST NOT get away with this: Business confiscation law
A worrisome yet superbly-written Editorial by Pagina Siete: Business confiscation law President Evo Morales feels compelled, every 1st of May, to make a “gift” to the workers. In this order, he has made a long series of nationalizations (except the railroads, which are in the hands of the Venezuelan businessman Carlos Gil), and has announced…
Bolivia’s path to urban resilience
The World Bank is naive when speaking about current government in Bolivia, they forget to mention the large quantity of civilians that were brought from the highlands to Beni and Pando, without any planning and proper logistics. evo offered land for free and made other promises that are still pending and those population are having…
First national strike in 12 years against evo the autocrat!
Raul Peñaranda writes in Pagina Siete: First national strike in 12 years What happened yesterday at the national level is unprecedented. In 12 years of the MAS government there had not been an event of that size, a national civic strike and blockades that completely paralyzed the country. Some 30 or 40 large and intermediate…
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