Andres Oppemheimer has written (for the Miami Herald) the following article and it fits nicely, unfortunately and embarrassedly enough our Bolivian reality: IN MY OPINION Latin Americans complain of “Ineptocracies” BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER AOPPENHEIMER@MIAMIHERALD.COM A new definition of bad governments is spreading fast on the internet: Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) — a system where the least capable…
Month: March 2012
Sayaquira mine violent takeover, again!!!
Pagina Siete reports on the infamous, anarchical and illegal take over of private property, Sayaquira mine was, again invaded by a violent and angry mob: Eight male persons were detained and transferred to cells of the special force of fight against crime (FELCC) the morning of Friday, March 23, 2012, charged with the subjugation of…
World’s Deadliest road: Yungas in La Paz, Bolivia
Road La Paz to Yungas is the “death road” If you want to watch the video (2:57 min) in the History channel, use this link. If a window opens, asking which site you want to visit, just ignore and click on the X to access the video. Tatiana Sanabria wrote for Pagina Siete, regarding the…
2012 Baroque Festival, come to Santa Cruz!!!
Leyla Anas reports for El Deber, this wonderful event!! Yesterday, the Association pro art and culture (APAC) marked the counting of the countdown for the IX International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque Music, American Missions of Chiquitos. At a press conference, its top executives reported that the music festival will take place from April 26…
Who is responsible for the decisions of the Bolivian government?
Humberto Vacaflor wrote this article, published in many Bolivian newspapers, the slink below is from El Deber’s: Signing “blind” President Evo Morales said he feared going to jail when he leaves the post for mistakes that could be committed now, although later said that, on the way to his cell, he would denounce [finger-point] those…
The Bolivian capacity to capture foreign investment was questioned by the British
From Los Tiempos: Minister of British State for Latin America, Jeremy Browne, who said that Bolivia has the great weakness of not being able to attract foreign investment and that many British companies would not be interested in doing business in the country by the background of expropriation. … According to a note published by…
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