This is good news and should be replicated in other cities as well; the photo is from the San Francisco museum, baroque style; Pagina Siete reports today: With the aim of promoting the cultural and historical heritage of La Paz and Bolivia, the Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), with the support…
Month: December 2011
What happened with TIPNIS?
This cartoon is from La Prensa, December 13, 2011. It portrays what happened with TiPNIS as of today: road was stopped and indigenous group was stripped out of their economic activities. Coca growers and other groups interested in the use of TIPNIS’ resources became more visible: illegal settlers (coca growers) and illegal activities (narcotraffick) were…
Bolivian government expenditures and investment priorities
This pie chart is from a very interesting paper made by the Jubileo Foundation, based on 2011 figures which certainly reflects prior years’ priorities and also where this government is leading us… Total budget is distributed as follows: Central government takes 53%; municipalities 19%; decentralized institutions take 12%; Department Governments 9% and state universities 7%….
Two Bolivians among the 100 latinos most influential in the USA, 2011
Los Tiempos reported today about two exceptional Bolivians that are among the 100 most influential latinos in the USA, 2011, by “Poder” magazine edited in Miami by Televisa. Kudos for both of them!! The first picture of both is from today’s El Deber edition. The single ones below from the websites below. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20111212/dos-bolivianos-entre-los-100-latinos-mas-influyentes-de_153032_318150.html Maria Otero, Under…
Agriculture 101, cotton in the rise
El Deber, Henrry Ugarte report about cotton and other agricultural produce: The chart: Evolution of the cotton production; the first chart refers to planted area; second is for production; below the yield and base price graphs. Figures are from 1999 to 2009. It is still far away the possibility to match the glorious times as…
Insufficient natural gas to meet market demands
El Dia published on December 8, 2011 information about the Bolivian supply of natural gas being insufficient for projects like El Mutun (iron): [You can see the total supply in the colored ‘waves’, representing the gas fields. The line on top of all is the total demand and the down pointing red arrows represents the…
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