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Blog de Francesco Zaratti

Autopsy of a Subsidy

The Bolivian government has eliminated the costly subsidy on diesel oil in an effort to bring fuel prices in line with their actual costs. Although the measure seeks to restore public finances, amid social resistance, economic adjustments, and external geopolitical conflicts, questions remain about the future of the other subsidies currently in force in the country—gasoline, LPG, natural gas, and CNG.

Hic sunt leones

“Here are the lions” said the Romans about an unknown region, full of dangers; a saying that fully fits the “three-headed” referendum that President Arce has announced, venturing into a political terrain full of unknowns and populated by “lions” ready to feast. I will not dwell on the two referendums that aim to amend the […]