Today around noon PAT presented an image of survivor Minor Vidal Huerta; as El Deber reports in its website. Vidal was found near Rossendy lake, close to the crash on the afternoon of Tuesday 6, 2011. With his left arm immobilized, and blood on his face, Vidal waved at the rescue team; then, he had to walk…
Month: September 2011
Bolivian questionable Judicial elections: October 2011
This cartoon from El Diario, best reflects how Bolivian society reflects regarding the questioned elections for the Judicial System in Bolivia. While current president and his political affiliates are engaged in a campaign to endorse and advocate the elections; former ally Juan del Granado and his political party MSM are campaigning to vote NO and nullify…
Bolivian plane crashed: eight corpses found, one still missing
After 40 hours of search, since Aerocon flight was reported missing, crashed plane was found in an isolated place, between 10 to 15 kilometers away from Trinidad. Unfortunately, eight of the nine people on board died and one is missing, search for him continues. The remainings are being delivered to the mourning families, two of them will be expatriated…
Bolivian government will puchase two tons of gold per year
The Bolivian government intends to buy two tons of gold per year, as a precautionary measure to protect our net international reserves (RIN of the Bolivian Central Bank – BCB). The price will be internationally driven. The chart above, lists the reserves: dollars, euros, gold and DEG. The first graph shows the Gold Reserves in million dollars and the second…
Bolivia may suffer more blackouts… very soon!
The electricity reserves approached zero this week, private sector fears more blackouts over the short run. In September 7, the demand in the Wholesale Electric Market (MEM) reported 1,043 MW, when the historical maximum data reached 1,050 MW, in August 18. According to the information provided by the National Committee of Charge Dispatch (CNDC) in its website, as of…
Smoke forces to close down 34 airports in Bolivia
As you can see on yesterday’s Santa Cruz city photo; smoke threatens our health, it damages the environment and is a cause of accidents (an Aerocon flight to Trinidad is still missing, search was impaired because of the smoke). Yesterday, 34 out of 36 airports in intermediate cities have been closed, until weather conditions improve. Hope for…
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