Today in most cities and roads (Santa Cruz transport union said last week they will not go on strike), public transportation will not operate (blockades are also envisioned), they are questioning why government had authorized that illegal used cars be legalized. In cities like Cochabamba, schools will not open. Some people question this decision as…
Month: June 2011
Bolivia ecoregions 101
Can we divide Bolivia? Well for illustrative purposes and in order to understand our biodiversity… YES! Bolivia is part of the 15 countries in the world regarded as being mega-diverse. We only lack a sea-coast, to have them all; which we had before Chile’s invasion. We were lucky today that La Razón newspaper displayed an interesting…
How Bolivia attract’s investment?
Very poorly, the World Bank issued an assessment of investors’ preferences, Bolivia ranks at the bottom, close to Sierra Leone… need say more?? http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/bolivia
Drought, blackouts, corruption, gas: four failures in Bolivia
Today is a bad day, there are four big issues that expose our lack of sound economic and public policies. Bolivia displays its worst face: 1. The Pilcomayo river as it goes from Potosi, Chuquisaca, Tarija departments, en route to Argentina/Paraguay is experiencing severe environmental damage. Not only mining pollution from Potosi mines but now…
Used cars smuggling became legal, Bolivia again?
Dozens? hundreds? NO!! Thousands of rejected vehicles in their countries of origin are entering Bolivia through Iquique, Chile. Those used vehicles that per regulations in their countries, are forced to be disposed of as they are considered pollutant, end up in this country where unfortunately anarchy rules. This is not the first time but it…
Economic, statistical data available for Bolivia
Today, I left news aside, there isn’t many positive things to report or outline anyway… So I looked into the Inter American Development Bank website(www.iadb.org), and found two interesting tools for those of you who want to review statistical data for micro or macro economic analysis for this beautiful country: Governance indicators database: see the…
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