Latin America is beating poverty – sort of

An excellent article from Andres Oppenheimer who visited Santa Cruz this year, as Julio Cesar Caballero Moreno had the great initiative to bring him over. Latin America is beating poverty – sort of BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER In sharp contrast to the gloom surrounding U.S. and European economic news, a new United Nations report has good…

Is Modern Capitalism Sustainable?

An interesting, excellent and needed article from an international expert follows after a summary of the author: Kenneth Rogoff is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and was formerly chief economist at the IMF. Is Modern Capitalism Sustainable? Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – I am often asked if the recent global financial crisis…

A good recall of events since the time of zero coca crops in Bolivia

An excellent article written by Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, directly from his Facebook page: The Soul of the Bolivians Eleven years ago, in December 2000, President Hugo Banzer was attending a conference organized by the United Nations in Palermo, Sicily. He had been summoned to receive the recognition from the international community for having finished with the…