All the inputs of the livestock activity are imported, “even the wire of the fence where the bull scratches the spine comes from China or Chile,” the economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez was ironic. The former director of the Central Bank of Bolivia José Gabriel Espinoza, reproached the director of the INE, “is the worst shame for the INE in many years, and that that institution never shone for its quality,” he said.
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La Paz – The director of the Jubileo Foundation, Juan Carlos Núñez, questioned the director of the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Tuesday, Humberto Arandia, who said that the price of the grass is not quoted in dollars in relation to the increase in the price of beef.
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“What is the structural problem of the country’s economic? It is the absence of currencies. When talking about even the director of the INE, why does the behavior of the increase in meat have, it does not have the explanation. Please, the grass is Bolivian, yes, but the machinery, vaccines, everything is imported,” said Núñez.
During the update of the consumer price index (CPI) data, Arandia said that the increase in the price of beef cannot be attributed to the price of the dollar. He said that there are no data that can explain the increase in beef.
“Do you think that the price of grass for the fattening of the livestock is defined in dollars? Definitely not. A calf, which is born in Bolivia and is used for fattening, is quoted in dollars? Definitely not,” said Arandia.
The statements of the authority generated several repercussions. The economic analyst Gonzalo Chávez, in an ironic tone, offered to teach free economics to government officials. “Please, paper and pencil. Or its iPad, if they are one of those who confuse the pasture with an app.”
He said that the grass grows in Bolivia, but it is not enough for fattening, so it is necessary to import corn, concentrate, salts, minerals and other supplements.
“Vaccines and medications are brought with love from Argentina, Brazil, India and Europe. Semen and embryos to improve the race? Also imported. Milking, tractors, water pumps, solar panels: all imported. Even the wire of the fence where the bull scratches the spine comes from China or Chile,” said Chávez.
Another criticism emerged from the economist and former director of the Central Bank of Bolivia José Gabriel Espinoza, “this man is the worst shame for the INE in many years, and that that institution never shone for its quality,” he said from his X account.
