Without reserves: Bolivia faces an economic crisis
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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AS A GAS // As a gas producer, the state was able to build up enormous reserves. But failing to pivot when global prices fell has created debt, a dollar shortage and rampant panic. The exposure of Western companies to China suggests both poles are closer than politics suggests. And, the Italian team upsetting the status quo of European football.
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| 1:20.6 | Tensions between China and the West are at an all-time high. |
| 1:25.4 | Well, politically at least. |
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| 1:36.6 | Birkin bags, and semiconductors, the business relationship between both poles paints a starkly different picture. And the modern game of football is really quite a lot about the game of financing. |
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