Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization: Opportunity and Challenges (3)
National Level At the national level, the government spends oil and gas revenues on a program called the Juancito Pinto Stipend that gives about $25 a year to the families…
Fuelling Bolivia’s crisis?
"Sometimes you get to the front of the queue and the diesel has already run out," says Agapito Serviche from his pick-up truck. "The diesel does not last long enough…
Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization: Opportunity and Challenges (2)
On November 27, the Bolivian legislature approved the Renta Dignidad, a monthly pension for Bolivians over age sixty, and the redistribution of the IDH to pay for it. This move…
Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization: Opportunity and Challenges (1)
Bolivia has a long history of an economy largely driven by exports of primary materials, from silver to tin to oil and gas. Though it has previously experienced various resource…