This cartoon is from La Razon, December 16, 2011. A bunch of cooks around the pot labelled ‘state’ … only one arguing “But don’t eat the dow! with what are we going to cook?” and one of the other cooks, replies “hum, I bet he is one of the infiltrated…” The word infiltrated was initially…
Day: December 16, 2011
URGENT: Unbelievable and outrageous removal of Beni’s Governor
El Deber reports in its website tonight, an outrageous political move stirred by current political party in central government. The Governor of Beni, Ernesto Suárez Sattori was suspended in the last few hours. -Authority argues that this is a coup d ‘ état sponsored by the national Government. Haisen Ribera Leigue, member of the Departmental Council,…
Toxic fire in Santa Cruz, December 15, 2011
El Dia reports on December 16, 2011 of a fire that lasted over dour hours to be put out: Deposits of a multinational oil company with highly toxic chemicals burned in flames in the southern part of the city. There are no injured people; However, inhalation of these gases could affect the health of residents nearby. Fire…
Tourism figures for 2011, welcome to Bolivia!!
The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE) has published on december 15, 2011 its biweekly report No.87, Tourism inflow to beautiful Bolivia: This industry has grown by 83% in the period of 2001-2010. Increase happened in great part attributed to our exceptional biodiversity; the following chart lists tourists by countries of origin; figures are in millions of…
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