Sometime ago I wrote about Elmar Stellnberger, an Austrian tourist that appeared to be kidnapped or something worse… the link of that post is: https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/austrian-tourist-missing-in-bolivia-october-22-2011/ I honestly thought Bolivia would look bad for our tourism industry, today’s Pagina Siete published he is live and kicking!! Over a month ago he went to Cobija and then moved to Brasilea town, just crossing…
Day: November 1, 2011
Presidential duality or ambivalence?
In an earlier post, I wrote about duality, please see the following link: https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/presidential-duality/ I tried to understand the duality in functions/priorities of current Bolivian president. However, the article from El Deber below shows more ambivalence… than duality per se. After a decision to enforce by law the rights of the TIPNIS indigenous people and nationwide…
Briefs on governmental mistakes, Nov Economics 101
Follow a few but significant signals that continue to damage the Bolivian citizens’ development. Current government, relentlessly and blind-minded continues to either enforce existing laws, neglect to take appropriate action or use plain common sense: Iron – Mutun: Supposedly the largest iron concentration, at least in this hemisphere, hired an Indian company, Jindal, the intention…
