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Total Projects in Bolivia
MABB ©This post was taken from the Total website here. It shortly mentions the various business interests Total has in Bolivia. I thank Total for letting me place this here and point to the original...
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Online Tool to Check on Your Electricity Bill
MABB ©The Bolivian agency in charge of controlling and administering the electricity sector AE has entered the e-government era. It published this website providing various services so users are able...
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The Verdict on the Causa Bolivia vs. Chile at the Hague
MABB ©The decision on the lawsuit Bolivia started against Chile at the Hague, in order to oblige the latter to conduct negotiations on a sovereign sea access, has been issued. At three pm, the judges...
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Elections: Prediction Polls on Bolivia's Coming General Elections
MABB ©This is a collection of election polls published on newspapers on the coming general elections in 2019.Newspaper: Pagina Siete, Sunday, October 21, 2018Link:...
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Entry and Exit Fees for Tourists to Bolivia
MABB ©Bolivia has been charging tourists fees for entry and exit in to the country. Many tourists do not know they pay such fees because often such charges are hidden in the ticket prices. Bolivia is...
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Bolivia's Hydrocarbon Reserves
MABB ©This is a document in Spanish, published on the YPFB website, showing Bolivia's hydrocarbon minerals certification. The document is in Spanish and is here to document the process of certification...
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Bolivian Economy: Recent and Future Performance
MABB ©Here we are, beginning a new year, just about 1/5 of the new century, and I think is a good time to take a look at Bolivia's economic performance. The simple reason being the golden years the...
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Cabinet Renewal 2019
MABB ©President Morales renewed his cabinet to face head on the general elections approaching in december.New Cabinet Swearing - Jan. 2019 - with permission of ABI-Jose LirauzeThe modifications are as...
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Bolivian Economy: A Closer Look at Bolivian Trade for 2017 and 2018
MABB ©I want to follow my most recent post on the IMF's, less than encouraging, assessment of the Bolivian economy in 2018, which warned about the twin deficits problem the country has been...
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Bolivian Economy: A Look at the International Reserves
MABB ©In the last few months, I have been placing quite a bit of attention on the Bolivian economy, as you can see in my recent posts. The main reason for this attention is because Bolivia has had an...
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The Current Administration's Latin America Policy
MABB ©The latest statement by VP Pence clears up a bit the approach the current administration has adopted on Latin America. The statement was given at the 49th Washington Conference on the Americas,...
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The Unified Bolivian Health Care System or SUS
MABB ©The SUS or Unified Health System bill was passed on February 20, 2019. It is supposed to provide free health services to a population of 7,225,000 people. However, the bill was born against a...
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Elections 2019: First Election Polls
MABB © The first urban-rural poll of this year gives President Morales 38.1% advantage on the intention vote. That means 11 points above Carlos Mesa, who with 27.1% is second in this election race....
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Bolivian Trade 2018
MABB ©Although the general elections in October 20th would have to classify as 'the' event for Bolivia in 2019, the major issue capturing the attention of most people currently is the economy. Perhaps...
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Prospects for Bolivian Economic Growth, or not?
MABB ©On July 31 of this year, opposition Senator Oscar Ortiz (Democratas) made a public statement where he presented a report drafted by him with the help of a consulting company which placed in doubt...
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Elections 2019: Candidates, Political Organizations and Polls
MABB ©Here is a look at the players taking part in this year's general elections. I will present here the candidates and the political organizations.As a brief reminder, the Bolivian political party...
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Elections 2019: The Most Likely Outcome (the Second Round)
MABB ©The coming elections in Bolivia is reaching its highest point. The campaigns are at full steam, though with a not so insignificant self-imposed break due to the fires in the Chiquitania region in...
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Elections 2019: Political Organization's Programmes
MABB ©Source: OEPThe Bolivian electoral landscape, already in the last stretch of the campaign season, is populated with nine political organizations, of which, only two have a real chance to achieve...
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Elections 2019: Elections Day
MABB ©Between 7 and 8 am today Bolivia began voting for a new president, vice-president and congress. At the time of writing this post, the day is coming to an end, the people already voted to a large...
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Elections 2019: Preliminary Results
MABB ©One day after elections day, some kind of preliminary or unofficial results have been published. Such results are what Bolivians call, rapid count results. So far, they indicate there will be a...
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Elections 2019: Day 2 After Elections Day
MABB ©Source: Live feed Red UnoWhile election day, October 20th, ran relatively smooth and with a remarkable routine character (that is until 6 pm), that evening and the following day suddenly turned...
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Elections 2019: What Happened? Chaos, Distrust, Impatience or Normality?
MABB ©On this third day after Bolivians voted on October 20th who will be their next president for the period 2020 - 2025, the situation has somewhat calmed down but the uncertainty about the validity...
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Elections 2019:
MABB ©More than two weeks after the October 20th general elections, when Bolivians were supposed to elect a new president, VP, and congress, the country has succumbed instead into a social and...
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Elections 2019: The Bolivian Political Crisis Continued
MABB ©Source: TV screenshots from ATB networkTwenty-one days after the general elections (executive and legislative), Bolivia's political crisis deepens even further. President Morales has called for...
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Elections 2019: The Final Chapter: President Morales Resigns
MABB ©Source: ATB news On November 10, 2019, at 5:05 pm, Evo Morales resigns from the Bolivian presidency.In his (and his VP's) monologue, Morales said he took this decision because he wanted to put a...
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