This is from today’s Pagina Siete: In the first ten months of the year, remittances received by relatives of residents abroad grew by 11%, compared to similar period of 2010, according to data of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB).Until October they reached $853,9 million dollars, while in countries such as Spain there is an…
Month: December 2011
Bolivian quinoa production reaches 30,000 tons this year!
This cereal, originally from Potosi, Bolivia; its best variety is called royal quinoa (pronounced: keen-WHA), and is beginning to find more consumers worldwide. La Prensa reports today: According to official information, Bolivia produces more than 30,000 tons of this cereal, of which 50% is exported legally to the North American and European market. It is…
Bolivia’s National School of Theater receives award!
El Deber every year gives awards to distinguished people and institutions, this year one of the recipients was the National School of Theater New Men (Escuela Nacional de Teatro Hombres Nuevos.) Since its inception, in 2004, the training of professionals in acting and dramaturgy became a reality. Conceived and implemented by the actor, director and writer…
US keeps dialogue with Bolivia… what about us??!
MercoPress.com article “US tries to re-establish full relations with Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela,” published yesterday; follows excerpts pertaining our lovely country: ““We continue to dialogue with these countries about what would be needed to normalize relations at ambassador level, and to work on that track”, said Nuland during a round with the press on Tuesday….
Who is who for this government…?
This cartoon is from El Diario, December 13, 2011. It shows how current government is handling the meeting where most of the players and real stakeholders were left out of it. You see two of the ruling party talking in front of an entrance door with the label: Social Summit, Cochabamba, And a chart that reads:…
Odd couple?! nazi symbol and cocaine??!!
El Deber, Guider Arancibia Guillen reports something really odd… In the trunk of a station wagon, a man was carrying 204 kilos of cocaine in mold type bricks, all wore the nazi logo. The report was confirmed by the head of the special force of fight against the drug trafficking (FELCN), Fernando Amurrio; after some…
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