By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel: After Meeting with the Government, Agricultural Sector Accepts Repeal of Law 1720 and Announces a New Regulation Leaders of Confeagro stated that the sector will not renounce its demands or legal certainty, while contemplating a new regulation within 60 days. [Watch video] / Klaus Frerking, top executive of the National Agricultural…
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Sedition Pressure Returns With the Blockades | Vuelven los bloqueos y la presión sediciosa
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Blockades Grow as Bolivia’s Government Hesitates Bolivia is once again being dragged into the politics of permanent blockades. Highways are closing, strikes are being threatened and organized groups are increasing pressure across multiple regions while the government of Rodrigo Paz responds with extreme caution, projecting a dangerous image of state weakness. The…
Dollar Pressure Despite Exports | Presión del dólar pese a exportaciones
By El Deber: Bolivia exports more, but pressure on the foreign exchange market persists Bolivian exports currently constitute the country’s main source of foreign currency inflows. The growth of exports helps sustain the inflow of dollars into the country, although experts warn that the settlement of foreign currency payments still takes months. Goods leave Santa…
Not only dialogue, but also direction | No solo diálogo, también rumbo
By Jaime Dunn, Eju.tv: Not only dialogue, but also direction: because ideology defines the size of the bread I value the national dialogue and congratulate the government for organizing it. Bolivia needs fewer blockades and more institutional conversation. But the country needs something deeper: direction. Bolivia does not only need to talk. Bolivia needs to…
Bolivia’s Long Socialist Decline | Setenta años de socialismo y decadencia boliviana
Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: Broken by Statism Bolivia’s economic collapse did not begin with Evo Morales or the MAS. The roots go much deeper. Since the 1952 National Revolution, generations of Bolivian politicians have embraced different versions of socialism, state control, and economic populism. The promise was always the same: more equality, more justice, more prosperity…
Cheap Power, Low Wages | Energía Barata, Salarios Bajos
By ElPais.bo: “Borrowed Light: Bolivia’s Energy Crossroads,” Part 2 Cheap Energy, Low Wages: The Hidden Cost of Electricity Subsidies While Bolivia maintains the lowest electricity rates in South America, average wages are up to three times lower than in Chile or Uruguay. Energy subsidies do not reduce poverty: they reproduce it by concealing the real…
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