Ruy D’Alencar, special envoy from El Deber reports: TIPNIS protest-walk group can not get water! it is not because it is far away… water can be found in Chaparina stream, twenty meters away from where they were stopped by the police! Yes, 20 meters!! and they can’t have it! The group is on the road for its…
Day: September 22, 2011
Reduction of remittances to Bolivia from Spain, Argentina, USA et al
Remittances to Bolivia The Bolivian Foreign Commerce Institute (IBCE) has released its biweekly electronic bulletin Nº 63 – Bolivia, September 22, 2011. Remittances to Bolivia (overseas workers); Why did remittances were reduced? Between 2006 and 2011 (as of July), remittances to Bolivia from other countries totaled $4,810 million dollars; there was a growth in remittances…
Bolivian mining sector inefficiencies… Déjà vu?
After six years of current government, the Bolivian mining sector is experiencing the same inefficiencies as before 1985. Former vice-minister for Mining Policy, Gerardo Coro told Fides radio and now published in Pagina Siete that the reason of his removal was he alerted that the production cost in Huanuni is higher than the international price. Last Monday, the price…
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