By Opinion: 2024 marked the end of the economic boom of the early millennium. The Bolivian currency depreciated, and gasoline and diesel are in short supply. An alleged coup worsened the situation. In a report last year, the World Bank highlighted Bolivia as one of the three economies with the best economic growth projections in…
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‘Getting to Bolivia is extremely expensive’: Tourism sector calls for open skies or greater flexibility | ‘Llegar a Bolivia es carísimo’: Turismo pide cielos abiertos o más flexibilidad
By Daniel Gutierrez, La Razon: The sector’s proposal includes eliminating bureaucratic and tax barriers to attract investors and promote tourism. The ATT reports 33,000 airline passengers affected by high demand. Image: La Razón archive Due to the high costs of entering the country and the lack of effective policies to promote tourism, sector operators propose…
ECLAC: Bolivia’s economy will grow 1.7% in 2024, half of the government’s forecast (3.71%) | Cepal: La economía boliviana crecerá 1,7% en 2024, la mitad de lo previsto por el Gobierno (3,71%)
By El Deber: Bolivia has become the third most inflationary economy in the region, after Argentina and Venezuela, with a cumulative inflation of 8.82% and an annual inflation rate of 9.51%. Twelve days before the end of 2024, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) published its latest regional economic report titled…
Mientras el gran modelo económico estatal de Bolivia se desmorona lentamente, crece el temor a una ‘crisis total’ | As Bolivia’s big state economic model slowly implodes, fear of ‘total crisis’
Por Monica Machicao, Reuters: Un hombre carga una bolsa de fideos en un mercado, en La Paz, Bolivia, el 13 de diciembre de 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Morales Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab LA PAZ, Dec 16 (Reuters) – La ama de casa Yola Chura se mostró preocupada por los altos precios de los alimentos mientras hacía compras en…
Animals for Sale | Animales en venta
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The recent rescue of wildlife being sold at La Pampa market in Cochabamba once again highlights the lack of control exercised by environmental and zoonosis authorities over the trade of exotic species. The operation resulted in the rescue of 14 wild birds. Among them were three parakeets (Brotogeris spp), four monk parakeets…
Probable imminent collapse of air connectivity | Probable colapso inminente de la conectividad aérea
By Daniel Salazar Castellanos, Bloomberg Linea; Eju.tv: Bolivia could face an “imminent collapse of air connectivity”; understand why Amid the dollar shortage Bolivia has been facing for months, the Andean country faces other significant challenges, such as the high cost of fuel (US$3.75 per gallon) and “the lack of adequate bilateral agreements,” according to ALTA…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 