By El Deber: Five State-Owned Companies Left $1.294 Billion in Damage and Never Industrialized Anything Easba, Quipus, YLB, EBIH, and Yacana were created during 20 years of MAS government to generate surpluses and added value, but they operate at a loss, with high indebtedness and minimal production. They were sustained by loans from the Central…
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Fuel Reality Check | Sinceramiento de combustibles
By Francesco Zaratti: Notes on Supreme Decree 5503 of 12/17/25 I wish to share some personal notes on Supreme Decree 5503, a long-awaited and inevitable regulation. What will happen? The challenge for the government is to contain the inevitable sectoral protests (transport operators, gas stations, trade associations in general) and to control inflation and speculation. May…
Lara Blocked in Congress | Lara frenado en el Legislativo
By Vision 360: Legislative Lara suffers a setback: he failed to secure the necessary votes to consider a resolution against Paz’s adjustment decree The country’s second-highest authority stated that the measures issued by the Government are putting Bolivia’s political and social situation on edge. Lara, during Friday’s session. Photo: Visión 360 Vice President Edmand Lara…
High-Cost Social Adjustment | Ajuste con alto costo social
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: Comprehensive Adjustment with High Social Cost: Highlights and Shadows of the Government’s Economic Package The government seeks to balance the country’s finances / Archive Economist Fernando Romero warns that the Government’s measures will also affect several economic activities The set of economic measures announced by the Government last Wednesday, presented…
Freeing fuel prices was an “inevitable” measure | Liberar precio de carburantes era una medida “inevitable”
By El Diario: To break free from the economic fantasy Following the government’s decision to lift fuel subsidies, along with issuing a series of measures to confront the crisis and stabilize the economy, financial advisor and former presidential pre-candidate Jaime Dunn said the move was “inevitable” and a decision that had been avoided for years….
Oversized Plant Threatens Llamas | Planta sobredimensionada amenaza a las llamas
By Unitel: The Oruro camelid plant is so large that if it operates at 100% “we are going to wipe out the llamas,” warns the office of public enterprises “It’s not that the plant will only be used a little; either it works or it doesn’t. They didn’t think about feeding these camelids, they didn’t…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 