By Erika Segales, El Deber: Bolivia maintains fuel prices despite the cost of a new subsidy For the moment, the country is going through a conflict with fuel supply due to road blockades. Photo: APG Analysts warn that the subsidized price in Bolivia is once again creating an incentive for smuggling to neighboring countries. They…
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ITF Scrapped, Fuel Tax Credit Restored | Eliminan ITF y restituyen crédito fiscal
By Eju.tv: Senate passes bill eliminating the ITF and restoring 100% of the fuel purchase tax credit Both bills were sent to the Government for enactment by President Rodrigo Paz. The Chamber of Senators approved Tuesday night the bills to repeal the Financial Transactions Tax (ITF) and to restore 100% of the VAT tax credit…
Government must speak clearly in the face of rising oil prices | Gobierno debe hablar claro ante incremento del precio del petróleo
By El Diario: Analyst Álvaro Ríos in an interview with EL DIARIO The oil crisis reopens the subsidy issue, strains dollar reserves, and exposes structural flaws in YPFB and Bolivia’s fuel logistics. Analyst and former Minister of Hydrocarbons Álvaro Ríos, in an interview with EL DIARIO, warned that Bolivia must react “immediately” to the rise…
Energy Emergency Decree | Decreto de Emergencia Energética
By Antonio Villegas, Eju.tv: Government declares “energy emergency,” removes diesel from the list of controlled substances, and authorizes free importation and sale of fuels In the first article, the purpose of the regulation is established as “to establish and adopt exceptional measures aimed at guaranteeing the supply of fuels and energy; to reactivate production, with…
Crisis: Gradual or Shock Subsidies | Crisis: subsidios graduales o de shock
By Correo del Sur: Jubileo proposes 5 solution alternatives for the subsidy The State covers, with public resources, 74% of the cost of gasoline and 73% of diesel Jubileo proposes 5 solution alternatives for the subsidy. Photo: ANH The subsidy for hydrocarbons has ceased to be a policy of stability and has instead become the…
The subsidy was a business for the MAS | La subvención fue un negocio masista
By ANF, Eju.tv: Oil workers’ leader: Even if they kill me, the people know that the subsidy was a business for the governments The leader of the National Confederation of Oil Workers, Ludwig Sánchez, announced that he will soon present information about the apparent overpricing in the importation of fuel to Bolivia before the Commission…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 