By Oscar Antezana, El Día: Under current economic conditions —highly indebted, short on dollars, with reduced gas exports yet an urgent need to generate foreign currency— it is imperative and urgent to increase and diversify exports. Otherwise, just like 40 years ago, when former President Víctor Paz Estenssoro coined the historic phrase “Bolivia is dying…
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A Minister on the Edge | Ministro en la cuerda floja
By Erbol: MADE HIS CASE PUBLIC Government confirms that Vidovic has an enforceable sentence and ‘will not be able to hold public office’ The Minister of Justice and Transparency, Freddy Vidovic, has an enforceable three-year sentence for the crimes of aiding evasion, active bribery, and others, meaning that “he will not be able to hold…
Rent or Anticrético? Bolivianos or Dollars? | ¿Alquilar o dar en anticrético? ¿bolivianos o dólares?
By Ligia Portillo, Red Uno: Rent or Give Under Anticrético? Bolivianos or Dollars? These Are the Legal and Financial Keys The key is knowing the documentation, the legal formality, and defining the currency of payment—whether bolivianos or dollars—to protect both the owner and the tenant. Photo: Screenshot In a country where housing is a right protected…
More Shadows Over the MAS | Más sombras en el MAS
By El País, Eju.tv: After the Huarachi Case: Calls to Investigate Other Union Leaders Allied with the MAS Government Grassroots campesinos are now targeting leaders such as Herber Quispe, Andrés Meriles, and Julia Ramos for allegedly receiving funds from the Arce administration. The COD is joining the request to investigate additional union figures. Some of…
The shift in the economic model begins to benefit the country | Cambio de modelo económico comienza a favorecer al país
By El Diario: The change of government and economic model after nearly 20 years has improved Bolivia’s economic indicators, according to analyst and former president of the Tarija College of Economists, Fernando Romero. The new government of Rodrigo Paz Pereira has sent positive, concrete signals of a pragmatic State willing to work with the private…
End of the Fixed Dollar and the Shock Ahead | Fin del Dólar Fijo y el Shock que Viene
By Raul Domínguez, El Deber: Fixed exchange rate reached 14 years; its reduction is announced but an ‘inevitable shock’ is foreseen The U.S. dollar brushed Bs 20 this past May. There is expectation about the Government’s measures | Ricardo Montero Some sectors view with relief the announcement of the end of the fixed exchange rate…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 