Pagina Siete reports about a new law that will affect foreigners who own agricultural land: The Government confirmed the wording of a draft law that will restrict the access and sale of land to foreigners, a proposal that emerged in the Social Summit in 2011. The Deputy Minister of lands, Edgar Valeriano, reported yesterday that…
Month: January 2012
Cancer illness and how is dealt inside Latin American and American way of doing politics…
There are a lot of similarities worldwide regarding politician’s behavior. This time I’d like to digress on the incredible recurrence of cancer diagnostics in so many LA presidents around the same time: Paraguay, Venezuela, Brazil (former) and Argentina current presidents had or are in the middle of some sort of cancer treatment. Those news became…
An interesting article in The Economist about Bolivian Justice, January 2012
The Economist has written about Bolivia’s Justice, here is an excerpt but the link below will take you to the full story: The justice system in Bolivia Rough justice The wrong way to reform the courts Jan 7th 2012 | LA PAZ | from the print edition IN THE streets of El Alto, Bolivia’s poorest and fastest-growing…
Feliz día de Reyes!! Happy King’s – Wise King’s Day!!
In Bolivia and most of Latin America, this is the day we celebrate the arrival of the Three King’s (Tres Reyes Magos), Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar to Bethlehem. Little Jesus was offered gifts: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Over 40 years ago in Bolivia, this was the day that children received their Christmas gifts, unfortunately a tradition that is…
Bolivian salary increase levels during 2012
El Deber, Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez writes about an upcoming conflict, salary increase levels for 2012: The first graph shows the consumer price index (CPI) for the last two years, the monthly variation; and the second shows the cumulative variation: The COB calls for no less than 20% improvement or a basic salary of Bs…
TIPNIS under siege, January 2012
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 5, 2012. It shows an interview on the current “walk” by those people who want the road to cross over the TIPNIS. People who are no longer advocating the road between Beni and Cochabamba but to cross the TIPNIS! The press asks: “…Mr. Cacique (chief, boss)! tell us,…
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