This cartoon appeared in El Diario, August 4, 2011. It shows two smiling thieves, a frightened citizen and two policemen passing by with filing folders under their arms. One of the thieves says: “shss, don’t yell, they will not notice you, can’t you see they are desk police?” Crime and violence have been scalating in Bolivia….
Day: August 5, 2011
Bolivian GNP, a comparison from 2008 to 2010
The Bolivian Gross National Product – GNP (PIB in Spanish) shows that La Paz is still above Santa Cruz department, in economic terms. The graph is self-explanatory (Pagina Siete, August 5, 2011), shows in three different colors for three years the GNP per department. In the upper right corner, there is a “reference” box and colored the…
In Bolivia: Hectic month during June 2011!!
127 social conflicts in Bolivia, were recorded in June 2011!!! UNIR Foundation registered those social unrest clashes. Their report notices the “significant” participation of women. Many of the June conflicts share a common element: “existence of social demands for access to resources and means of subsistence; as evidenced by the controversies for the control over…
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