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Bolivia

The Government stops millionaire cooking oil sales

The Government stops millionaire cooking oil sales
Decree. With this decree, for a year, the Executive is looking for a way of reducing the price of cooking oil. The private sector alerts that 300.00 families could be without employments. They summon an emergency congress.

Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez
The purchasing power dropped a 13% in the last 12 months

The importance of the US unilateral trade preferences

In 1991 the USA decreed the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to combat drug production and trafficking in the Andean countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru).

Constituent Assembly in Bolivia - Unification process or division

Although Bolivia is experiencing a period economic prosperity at the moment, the country continues to face problems with poverty and difficulties in sharing wealth.

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