Carlos Mesa
Historian and former President of BoliviaWikipedia
1
MENTIONS
1
EPISODES
1
PODCASTS
Search complete. 1 mention across 1 episode found for "Carlos Mesa".
Oct 16, 2026
speaker_0NARRATOR
The mechanics matter because they explain how this story ends.
speaker_0NARRATOR
A year earlier, under President Carlos Mesa, Bolivia's 2005 hydrocarbons law had already raised the state's take.
speaker_0NARRATOR
It added a 32% direct tax on hydrocarbons, known by its Spanish initials EDH, on top of 18% in royalties, so roughly half the value of production was already flowing to the state before Morales took office.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The 2006 decree pushed it higher still and put YPFB back in charge, Then the world handed Bolivia a winning lottery ticket.