Madeleyne Aguila / Fundación Armonía, Los Tiempos: The spectacled bear lives in the mountainous regions of Bolivia. | Viviana Albarracín “As a member of the bear family and one of the eight bear species in the world, the Andean bear or spectacled bear is the only one that inhabits South America. Therefore, it is important to…
Tag: public policy failures
Encroachers and Illegal Miners | Avasalladores y mineros ilegales
Tatiana Castro, Los Tiempos: Park Rangers Must Face Harassment from Encroachers and Illegal Miners Park rangers must confront the lack of human resources, adverse working conditions, harassment from encroachers, and judicial harassment in their tasks of protecting the 23 parks and protected areas in Bolivia. They feel defenseless and unauthorized. The vice president of the…
The Difficulty of Being Bolivian as a Cruceño | La dificultad de ser boliviano siendo cruceño
Carlos Valverde, El Deber: We commemorate the Foundation of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, that dream of Ñuflo de Chaves that became a reality there, in Chiquitos, far from everywhere and close to nowhere… Later, 264 years later, we participated as free Cruceños in defining our destiny, in the foundation of the Republic (Bolívar-Bolivia) because…
Dollars and their impact on inflation | Dólares y su impacto en la inflación
Editorial, El Deber: The scarcity of dollars, a phenomenon that has intensified in recent months, directly impacts the prices of products and services, fueling inflation and threatening to erode the purchasing power of Bolivian families. The business sector has been one of the first to feel the effects of the lack of foreign currency. Importers…
Absence of dollars, exports of agricultural products released | Falta de dólares, liberan exportaciones de productos agrícolas
Mary Ortiz, AFP, EFE, Clarin, NewsRebeat: Change of direction in Bolivia: in the absence of dollars, exports of agricultural products are released Bolivia’s center-left government has made a change to its economic policy and agreed on Monday with entrepreneurs to free up agricultural exports, to cope a serious shortage of dollars. Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro made…
Ideas? No, thank you | ¿Ideas? No, gracias
Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, El Diario: With a furrowed brow and the attitude of a jealous public servant, the Government announced that it has managed to identify and arrest an individual who was selling gasoline at Bs 10 per liter. Meanwhile, the populace, distressed by the situation, has launched into a veritable brainstorming session, rightly assuming…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 