Bolivia’s Currency Crisis Deepens as Dollar Become Hard to Find Sergio Mendoza, Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Bolivia’s foreign currency crisis is deepening as the supply of dollars at commercial banks and on the black market dries up, leaving the central bank as the last place people can buy the greenbacks in La Paz. Lines outside the…
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The bad international image of Bolivia – La mala imagen internacional de Bolivia
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through a period of economic turbulence. The drop in Net International Reserves was the trigger for much bad news for the country. One of them is the shortage of dollars, internally, but it is not the only one. Later, Fitch Ratings’ rating was announced, which lowered Bolivia from B…
Current government, only generates uncertainty! – ¡Gobierno actual, solo genera incertidumbre!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Dollar demand From this newspaper, we have covered the issue of the lack of dollars with the utmost journalistic rigor, with due care to fulfill the responsibility of informing (our mission as an independent communication media) without falling into alarmism. At this point, it cannot be ignored that the demand for dollars…
2023 TIPNIS: In peril! – ¡En peligro!
El Deber: Mayors of Tipnis reject the construction of the Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos highway The resolving vote of the 39th Meeting of Corregidores del Tipnis, held in the community of San José de Angosta on March 8, 9 and 10, had representatives of 53 indigenous communities, representing the 74 existing ones….
It’s the economy, it’s not politics – Es la economía, no es la política
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia is going through moments of uncertainty due to the economic situation. The slow and forceful fall of the Net International Reserves (NIR), together with the lack of transparency in the information provided by the Government, left a climate of fear and doubts among the citizens, in addition to affecting imports and…
The MAS and violence – El MAS y la violencia
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In less than two weeks, in Potosí, two MAS militants, one a mayor official and the other a deputy, were the object of violent attacks perpetrated by their supporters. It might seem that these are isolated events, but the context of these attacks and the long series of similar events carried out…
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