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…
Day: December 3, 2011
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…
