RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chilean low-cost airline JetSmart joins Brazilian Gol to increase the number of international airlines operating in Bolivia this . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe Login Here The post Chilean JetSmart ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Exports of non-traditional products from Bolivia increased 42%, both in value and volume, as of the first quarter of 2022, as reported by the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE), with data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The report noted that "exports of ...

Nacional Contenido Premium: 0Revocatoria de mandato es la frase que ha tomado fuerza durante los últimos ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On April 21, Bolivia's president, Luis Arce, enacted the Law of Declaration of the Decade of Indigenous Languages, paired with the United Nations proclamation for 2022-2032, seeking to conserve and promote native languages. The presidential sanction took place at the Government House in La Paz ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico and Bolivia agreed to create a technical team and a scientific committee exploring international cooperation projects to exploit, produce, and process lithium. "Establish a productive dialogue that will allow the execution of international cooperation projects for development in the exploitation, production, and processing of ...

La Asamblea Nacional (AN) insiste en crear leyes con procedimientos en contravía de la Ley de Contrataciones Públicas, para flexibilizar la adquisición de bienes y servicios por parte de municipios, juntas comunales y consejos provinciales, algo que el procurador de la Administración dijo que no es viable. La iniciativa ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, Bolivia's Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy announced that the South American nation would host the first regional forum, Lithium Perspectives from Latin America, on April 13, 2022. In this sense, the event seeks to generate a space for analysis and exchange of experiences ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivian exports reached US$1.8 billion in February 2022, a figure higher by US$338 million (22.4%) than that recorded in the similar period of 2021, when they totaled US$1.5 billion, Bolivia's National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported. This behavior, they explain, is given by the favorable ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On March 31, the Bolivian government announced the launching of an economic reconstruction program to maintain the sustained growth rates of 2021 in several sectors after hard years of economic contraction. The Minister of Economy, Marcelo Montenegro, said that after the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic investment ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On March 29, Bolivia's Economy and Public Finance Minister, Marcelo Montenegro, informed that unemployment in Bolivia was reduced to 5.4% in 2021. During the pandemic, this indicator reached 11.6%. "The unemployment rate as of December 2021 is at 5.4%. The rate of activity and participation ...

Los diputados siguen creando el escenario para que los alcaldes puedan, a su discreción, echar mano del dinero de los presupuestos municipales. Primero fue la propuesta del diputado Javier Sucre (PRD) de modificar la Ley 37 de 2009, de descentralización, a fin de que los municipios no solo reciban los ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) presented on Tuesday, March 8, the Monetary Policy Report (MPR) corresponding to January 2022. This document highlights the recovery and stability of the Bolivian economy during last year. The presentation of the MPI was in charge of the president ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian government assured on Wednesday, March 9, that its defense in the dispute with Chile at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over the waters of the Silala is based on independent scientific studies. This position was made known by the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - International drug cartels are advancing in their incursion into Bolivia. They are gaining ground and now buy inputs in the country and produce and refine their own cocaine 'for export'. Every time the former Minister of Government, Carlos Romero, referred to the issue during the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, inaugurated on Sunday, March 6, the first nuclear medicine and radiotherapy center so that Bolivians can treat diseases such as cancer in the country and do not have to go to neighboring countries for treatment. The center is located ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Crypto-assets are banned in Bolivia to prevent "potential losses" among operators and holders; however, some sectors consider that this measure leaves the country "lagging behind" in the digitalization of its economy. The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) ratified the prohibition of the "use, commercialization, and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian Government offered to pay an interest rate of 7.5% in a term of up to eight years to private investors interested in the repurchase and exchange of sovereign bonds for US$2 billion. A specialist assured that this interest rate is high and could ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia confirmed that it is negotiating with Russia an agreement to execute oil and natural gas projects in this South American country. They . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership Plan. Already Subscribed? Login Here Subscribe ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE) reported that, between 2020 and 2021, Bolivia exported 22,127 tons of sesame for a value of US$41 million, a record figure compared to previous years. According to a report of that entity, in 2020, the country sold to ...