Bolivia: Business people propose agreement to end tensions and conflicts spiral

According to Correo del Sur, the president of the Confederation of Private Businessmen of Bolivia (CEPB), Luis Barbery, stated the need to promote an agreement for Bolivia “to get us out of the spiral of tensions, conflicts, and disagreements, which are our daily bread”.

This proposal was made during his speech on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the CEPB, held in La Paz, with the participation of Enrique García, former president of the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and Ítalo Cardona, Representative for the Andean Countries of the International Labor Organization (ILO), as well as other personalities from the economic, diplomatic and academic spheres.

“We businessmen have proposed a free, honest, open, and participatory agreement as the only alternative to sustain the great social advances achieved in recent years; to ease the scenario of polarization, distrust, and confrontation that grows day by day; but above all to lay the foundations for a future of justice, development, legality, and prosperity for all Bolivians,” he said.

He maintained that the CEPB “is today one of the institutions of society with greater legitimacy and representativeness because it brings together the most important national economic entities and thousands of business units”.

For his part, Enrique García highlighted that CEPB brings together all the activities related to the private sector and not only to certain areas.

“The history of the CEPB is full of successes, storms, and sacrifices, but it has played an important and outstanding role, without being ideological or political, but in the country’s interest,” he emphasized.

He also indicated that, in his experience as president of CAF for 26 years, he noted that the most successful countries in the region and emerging countries “are those that could have a robust, strong, and constructive private sector, which can contribute to the development of the country not only with actions of the companies but with ideas and dialogue”.

For his part, Italo Cardona, a representative for the Andean region of the International Labor Organization, thanked CEPB for its commitment to the pillars developed by the ILO, such as decent work and dignified work, and for its commitment to social dialogue in the region and the world,” he said, according to an institutional press release.

Cardona revealed that whenever the ILO promoted tripartite dialogue, CEPB was present, accompanying these efforts positively and proactively.

With information from América Retail