Brújula Digital, El Diario: Internal debt, increased by more than 12,000 million Bolivians, is the highest in the history of Bolivia, which added to the external debt of the General State Treasury, has already exceeded 50% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Government affirms that 53% of the PGE will be destined for the…
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Green-Energy Race Draws an American Underdog to Bolivia’s Lithium
By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times [lectura en español]: SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — The mission was quixotic for a small Texas energy start-up: Beat out Chinese and Russian industrial giants in unlocking mineral riches that could one day power tens of millions of electric vehicles. A team traveled from Austin to Bolivia in late…
Liberar presos políticos y auditoría elecciones 2020 – Free political prisoners and audit 2020 elections
Correo del Sur: Civic Summit demands the release of political prisoners and an audit of the 2020 elections Civics also announced that they will promote actions before the international criminal justice for the arrest of civic leaders The “Summit for Justice and Freedom” held by the Bolivian civic committees in Potosí concluded. The leaders of…
Los masistas y el descalabro económico al que nos conducen – The masistas and the economic disaster they lead us to
Editorial, El Deber: Budget with debt and for spending The General State Budget (PGE) that the Legislative Assembly will discuss today is a project with many questions, which will be financed 40 percent with debts, and of the total income, 57 percent will be allocated to current expenses, that is mainly salaries of more than…
Empresarios piden paz social para inversiones – Entrepreneurs ask for social peace for investments
El Diario: The presidents of the country’s private business federations issued a declaration reaffirming their commitment to the progress of the regions. They also maintain that the unity and coordinated work will multiply the results to reactivate the productive apparatus and services of the country. The representatives of the federations of private entrepreneurs in the…
UN Committee lashes out at Bolivia’s judiciary for lack of independence
Merco Press [Español: El Diario]: The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) Friday published a series of findings which hit authorities from the Plurinational State of Bolivia as well as from countries in other continents (including Sweden). The CAT’s report highlights positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,…
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