Los Tiempos website reported on August 18, 2011 at 21:27 hours that: The United States Government (Department of State) ranks Bolivia as a country “that does not share antiterrorism information” The report also ranks Cuba as a country that endorses terrorism, like Siria, Sudan and Iran; this last one is “the most active endorser of…
Month: August 2011
TIPNIS update as of 14:39 hours Aug 18, 2011
Los Tiempos web site reports that current Bolivian president has designed Minister of the Presidency, Carlos Romero to go meet the walking indigenous group. Some of them are still insisting to meet first with the president, they want him to go meet them in the road; TIPNIS, CIDOB and CONAMAQ groups have been walking for the last four days….
Bolivian economics 101; August 18, 2011
Budget Execution for the nine departments was analyzed by Pagina Siete, August 18, 2011. The following chart shows all nine departments with their budget execution as of August 8, 2011. La Paz has the “best” and Tarija the “worst” execution. Pagina Siete reports that the lower ones: Tarija and Pando are departments that have replaced the elected Governors by political members of the…
La Paz city boundary issues = more problems?
This article from La Razon, Aug 17, 2011, illustrates in the following chart the serious issue of land tenure… municipalities around the city have realized that territory comes with a budget, and budget means infrastructure which also means votes for elected or to-be elected municipal authorities. The municipalities of Achocalla, Palca, Mecapaca, Batallas, Peñas, Caranavi, Coroico,…
El Alto city negotiating with Bolivian central government
It is no secret that the population of El Alto can and had shaken this and previous governments/political parties if so decides to block access to La Paz city. That is why current government has decided to make El Alto as its first priority among the six main conflicts they have in hand for this week….
Bolivian Mining 101
This chart is from La Razon, August 16, 2011. It reflects the evolution of the Bolivian mining activities during the first semester 2011. There is more revenue from minerals exported, and it is because of the higher prices, volumes remain more or less the same, said some analysts. On the left side of the chart, there…
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