Exit polls suggest socialist candidate Luis Arce, an ally of former President Evo Morales, is set to win Bolivia's presidential election. Exit polls carried out by the Jubileo research institution gave Luis Arce of the Mas party 53% of the votes, followed by centrist candidate Carlos Mesa of the Citizens' Community alliance with 30.8%. A quick-count by pollsters Ciesmori suggested Mr Arce had won with 52.4%, trailed by Mr Mesa with 31.5%.
Day: Oct 19, 2020
Bolivia’s Central Bank injected $3.59 billion into the economy
The former president of the Central Bank of Bolivia, Guillermo Aponte, said in an interview that the institution adopted eight monetary policy measures that allowed it to inject Bs. 24.77 billion ($3.59 billion), equivalent to 10% of the GDP, into the economy. The measures allowed for maintaining the liquidity of the financial system and helped to channel credits, in the midst of the crisis derived from the impact of Covid-19.
Chambers of Industry and Commerce of Cochabamba merge into one entity
With the support of its members, the Chambers of Commerce and Services and the Department of Industry of Cochabamba consolidated their institutional merger. The nascent Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Services of Cochabamba, will have as president Ramon Daza and the vice president will be in charge of Juan Carlos Viscarra.The new entity will have nearly 1,000 member companies.
YPFB tested fire fighting system in its storage plan
YPFB Logística tested the firefighting systems in their storage plants in Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, La Paz (Senkata) and Oruro, through a drill carried out on Friday, October 16. In the Santa Cruz Plant, the second exercise of the year allowed to give continuity to the "zero" accident rate that the company have in the present year.
