Susana Seleme writes in El Deber: Are we a rich country? Who was the one who said to the head of the regime that we are no longer a poor country and that, therefore, the non governmental organizations (NGOs) have no place in Bolivia? Whoever he was, deserves a resounding reprieve because economic growth of…
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2014 Bolivian economic forecasts
Alberto Bonadona writes in Pagina Siete: Forecasts for 2014 Any prognosis that is made in the economy always will be an approach very close or very far away from what will actually happen. This obvious depends on another: of how reality actually unfold. However, economists (especially the “pundits”) love to make speculations about the near,…
Gov’s authoritarianism, now against the indigenous, they so falsely claim to protect…
A very descriptive sad reality… An Editorial from Pagina Siete: Attempts to weaken the Conamaq It is so evident as it is efficient, government’s policy to divide the social movements that are not under its control. First came the CIDOB, which supported the indigenous march against the way that the Government wanted to build a…
Investment trends in Bolivia during 2014
Efrain Valera and Gary Rojas report for El Deber: EXPERTS IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR INVESTMENT Ten sectors that seduce investments for 2014 Market. Food, buying franchises, services to extractive industries, among others, open the opportunity to new capital. The chia, quinoa, wheat, sugar cane and fruits are some of the sectors seeking to attract more investments…
Are we encouraged to save under the Bolivian banking system?
Lidia Mamani reports for Pagina Siete: IT IS THE SECOND REGULATION OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT Government will define the rates that banks pay savers The standard will set new passive rates for people who have savings and term deposits (DPF), which are currently set by the authorities. Government will define passive interest rates that…
Bolivian authoritarian regime now intends to control environmental NGOs
From El Diario: MAS aims to control ‘environmental” NGOs The Senator of the movement toward socialism (MAS), Eugenio Rojas, reported yesterday that the Government does not rule out the control of the “environmental” non governmental organizations (NGOs)”, since they want to “grab” of the national reserves, the territories of indigenous peoples of the lowlands and…
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