内容摘要：Vision Bearerz also runs outreach programs to warn against drug use and crime, and has sessions where women teach girls about feminine health.

Vision Bearerz also runs outreach programs to warn against drug use and crime, and has sessions where women teach girls about feminine health.

The menu highlights local favorites, such as the baked potato stuffed with savory minced meat stew, a downtown La Paz staple. Another signature dish prepared by Llusco is “anticucho,” a popular Peruvian street food dish of grilled beef heart fillets served with potatoes and yellow chili pepper sauce.Chef and food researcher Marko Bonifaz said Bolivia is undergoing an interesting movement that involves integrating haute cuisine with street food, and it is no longer just an attractive option for tourists, but for Bolivians themselves.

Llusco’s cuisine, deeply rooted in the teachings of her mother and aunt, who sold food on the streets of Bolivia, embodies this movement.“These simple dishes reconnect us with our culture,” she said. “They make me very happy.”People walk past La Rufina restaurant in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

People walk past La Rufina restaurant in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A vendor prepares “Anticucho,” a beef heart based dish consisting of small pieces of grilled meat and potato on skewers, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A vendor prepares “Anticucho,” a beef heart based dish consisting of small pieces of grilled meat and potato on skewers, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Chef Carolina Chuquimia prepares a dish of beef steak with yucca at La Rufina restaurant in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)It’s a high-risk mission, as scrapping the “cepo” could unleash years of pent-up demand for U.S. dollars and spark a currency run as companies try to send their long-trapped profits home.

“It could be a tsunami of money out,” said Christopher Ecclestone, a strategist with investment bank Hallgarten & Company. “It’s a total guessing game as to what people will do.”The central bank said that while it was lifting restrictions for the public, it would retain taxes on card purchases abroad and some regulations on companies. For instance, from 2025 on, multinational firms will be able to repatriate their earnings. But to get their already trapped holdings out of the country, they’ll need to exchange the debt for dollar-denominated security bonds.

It’s an effort to insure against capital flight, which would imperil Milei’s primary accomplishment of lowering inflation ahead of midterm elections in October that are crucial for his libertarian party to expand its“The announcement is more audacious than expected. The government is making a bit of a leap of faith by lifting the cepo,” said García.