This article is from El Deber’s website: Guadalupe Cardenas, representing the wives of low-ranking officers (corporals, sergeants, non-commissioned officers) called for the installation of a trial of responsibilities against current Bolivian state president; the reason? the police repression of the TIPNIS indigenous protest march group. Cardenas said that a trial to current president should be enforced as he is the…
Day: November 9, 2011
Mineral royalties total $130MM
For this year, mining royalties paid to September 30 totalled $ 130 million dollars, said Mining Minister Jose Pimentel. The amount exceeds the total raised last year. The country depends on international prices, according to settled authority, and acknowledged that the high prices of minerals in the foreign market, “we have increased royalties and exports.”…
Marcos Puña made us proud!!
Bolivian guitarist Marcos Puña won the first prize at the prestigious International Guitar Competition “Miguel Llobet” in Barcelona last Sunday and was chosen among participants from nine countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The second place went to Serbia Ljubica Bukvic guitarist, while the third was for the Australian Jacob Cordova. “It’s a beautiful moment I live…
A fading government?
These thoughts are from Humberto Vacaflor, an excellent journalist [inside brackets like this, I clarify a little bit more for those of you that are not familiar with the issues], for the full article in Spanish, please see link below. Potosi indigenous people (Ayllus) from the bordering region with Chile have concluded not to accept that the deadline for the…
Mutun may not be only iron but gold and silver as well…
Last night Pagina Siete’s website reported about El Mutun, the largest iron concentration in the world, which is located near Puerto Suarez, border with Brazil. Currently an Indian Company, Jindal has been given the mining concession of half of El Mutun, there exists also a state company which is supposed to supervise ore concentrates exports until a foundry is built and steel…
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