Current Bolivian president said that this year’s salary increase will not go over 7%, ANF news agency reports for Los Tiempos: President Evo Morales said yesterday [April 12, 2012] that the increase in wages for this year will not exceed the percentage of inflation registered at the end of the year 2011 – 6.9 per…
Month: April 2012
An update: TIPNIS April 25, 2012 protest-walk is well underway, nothing will stop it!!
Pagina Siete reports about the struggle of the TIPNIS and CIDOB rights against current government’s policies: Yesterday, the IV National Commission of the CIDOB ratified the realization of the IX indigenous march from April 25th, despite the fact that the Brazilian company OAS will cease construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road through…
Illegal settlers invaded private productive land in Santa Cruz
El Dia reports over 50,000 hectares being taken over illegally: Oil producers are in emergency because more than 400 people have taken 50,000 productive hectares on the outskirts of the community of Chihuahua, the municipality of Cuatro Cañadas, and fear that if the Government does not intervene any time [soon], there will be a confrontation…
Bolivia first South American country to have electronic currency exchange market
Pagina Siete gives us great news: Until June [2012], Bolivia will become the first country in South America to have an electronic exchange to negotiate the exchange of foreign currency, which will improve the price of the exchange rate for the buyers and bidders. The initiative is developed by Daza Software, a company founded by…
In six years, 20 presidential accusations against USA
Current Bolivian presidential hate to USA is no news and certainly goes in line with his populist, demagogue style; Pagina Siete reports: The Government introduced from 2006 until last month [March 2012] at least 20 complaints against United States for conspiracy against President Evo Morales; financing the opposition and indigenous protests; and terrorism. Pagina Siete…
Week of April 9, 2012 with at least three strikes, blockades
Bolivia continues to fall down the cracks, there are at least three separate negative measures that impact on our economic lives and pushes us more down to the ground of inefficiency and to be less competitive, Los Tiempos reports: The Medical Association, the Confederation of [public service] drivers and the workers; union: Central Obrera Boliviana…
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