Jushara Salomon from Pagina Siete reported on this new venture which increases the alternatives for those tourists from Bolivia and abroad: Eucalyptus and pines surround the resort El Poncho, located at the foot of the mountain Marquina, aside from the impressive Tunari, [near] in the city of Cochabamba. [there are many bird species worth enjoying seeing]…
Month: February 2012
Crocohides, a Bolivian pride!
Pagina Siete reports on another innovative entrepreneurial activity for Bolivia: A company dedicated to the tanning and the manufacture of articles made with exotic skins attempts to expand the export market for their products, after having managed to generate value added to the leather of Bolivian crocodile accessories of high quality and Italian technology, reported…
What do we have in common with Cuba, Iran and North Korea? take a guess!
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF and in Spanish GAFI) is a very reputable institution and has been monitoring our fairly new “economy,” El Deber reports: Bolivia and Cuba remain without complying with the norms against money-laundering Bolivia and Cuba are on the list of countries that do not meet international standards against money laundering…
Let’s show support to TIPNIS, February 16, 2012
Stakeholders must show support to the indigenous owner’s of the TIPNIS territory as well as to the integrity of this and ALL National Parks! Current Bolivian government is literally playing with the Constitution, laws and other forms of tampering and jeopardizing the self-determination and indigenous rights, let alone the preservation we must keep of our…
Map with heavy rainfall in Bolivia, February 2012
La Razon published on February 14, 2012 an interesting map with heavy rainfall and rivers nationwide that deserve attention: According to the report by the system of national information for the risk management (Sinager) of the Ministry of defense, there are 87 municipalities affected by the natural phenomenon [La Niña] and 6,050 families throughout the…
Bolivian bad weather and road conditions, February 2012
Despite losing half of our territory since we became an independent nation, we still have a large territory; traveling from the highlands down to the Amazon basin implies rough and uneven terrain, it is hard to build a solid road, let alone maintaining them in good condition. This year, reports say that the rainy season…
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