Not one more peso of loans | Ni un peso más de préstamo

Fabian Freire, El Diario: “Luchito” is in the most critical moment of his administration, practically nothing is going well for him; to make matters worse, the “natural disasters” and the weather are increasing desperation and crisis in our country. Everyone is against “Luchito” and there is a small sentiment that he will not finish his…

Bolivia’s Socialist Rulers Mend Ties With Capitalists in a Nation on the Brink | Los líderes socialistas de Bolivia restablecen lazos con capitalistas en una nación al borde del abismo

Marcelo Rochabrun, Sergio Mendoza and Zijia Song, Bloomberg, Finance, Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Bolivia’s socialist government is mending ties with business leaders it once snubbed as it grapples to prevent a dollar shortage from crashing the economy. Finance Ministry and other government officials met last week with representatives from sectors including finance, manufacturing, construction and pharmaceuticals,…

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…