Around 1,500 tons of sugar are being imported by the government from Brazil and Colombia for the state-owned company “Insumos Bolivia” (Bolivia Inputs). Produce is in Arica, Chile; waiting to be transported to Bolivia. Brazilian sugar transport results more expensive this way (around the continent), rather than coming through Santa Cruz, directly from Brazil. In…
Month: July 2011
Cocaine or marijuana? Bolivia has both…
This cartoon appeared in La Razon on July 20, 2011. A proud smiling female coca grower is seen with a hat full of coca leaves. The hat has a label “Sacred Leaf”. Then, a wind blow lifts away the hat and you see bags of cocaine; her face says it all… Unfortunately, cocaine is not the only…
Fewer grant funds to fight poverty in Bolivia
It came as no surprise, the USG decision to undercut the assistance to countries deem as “unfriendly”. Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Argentina are among the countries that will no longer receive assistance from the USA. It is relevant to point out that the first three countries also appeared in the list as the poorer of…
Can we VOTE freely in Bolivia?
One of our primary rights is the freedom to choose, here and in Kurdistan. It is our right as human beings in this XXI century. Well, current government has called for elections in October 2001. The reason: elect members of our Judicial System. Problem: pre-selected candidates, inability to question them in an effort to have an opinion about…
Junk cars + gasoline price increase = more pollution & inflation
This cartoon appeared in El Diario on July 20, 2011. A car is polluting the streets and the pedestrians are covered in smog. One of them, coughing has a sign: “Higher levels of pollution, caused by junk cars used in public transport” At the bottom of the sign, on both corners the help SOS (help) and…
Freedom of Speech – Bolivia, UPDATE
As a follow-up of yesterday’s post, El Deber reported that Richard Romero can recover his freedom, provided he pays a bail of Bs5,000 ($1=Bs6.86). A legal advisor from the Ministry of Government, Fernando Rivero, said Romero will also have to report himself every Friday, to sign the book at the Attorney’s office. And “he is forbidden to…
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