Breaking news: El Deber’s website just announced the inevitable… our desires and hopes to consolidate iron steel industry have suffered a serious drawback. Bolivia lost in the last six years, the opportunity to consolidate El Mutun, follows the short news and below the extended information, thank you: Jindal walks away from Bolivia According to preliminary…
Month: July 2012
An interesting wish list from Jindal – El Mutun. A good precedent?
The following excerpt is from an article made by Aline Quispe and published by La Razon. I urge you to read thinking not only on El Mutun’s future but as prevailing precedent that could create some sort of jurisprudence on future foreign capital investment to Bolivia. Investments that we are desperately looking after, in order…
Bolivian economy and its institutional weakening – Bolivian macroeconomics 101 – July 2012
Fundacion Milenio has released another good report, No.154 dated July 13, 2012; because os its relevance, I reproduce in its entirety: The Bolivian economy and its institutional weakening The Bolivian economy continues to enjoy an economic boom that, despite the problems that have arisen in Europe and United States, maintains high prices for our exports. This…
One more… of what? corruption case… unfortunately for Bolivia…
Nancy Vacaflor writes for Pagina Siete: Defense accuses the Chief of Enabol with Prosecutor’s Office for the barges case The Minister of Defense, Ruben Saavedra, denounced irregularities in the process of acquisition of 18 barges to the highest executive authority of the Bolivian shipping company (Enabol), Marcelo Ballesteros, and five others. The announcement was made…
Bidding awards made by YPFB will be investigated for evidence of corruption
Another sign of corruption or at least bad management or lack thereof, this time in the top state-owned hydrocarbon company: YPFB (the pride of current government’s nationalization policy). El Diario reports: It is in doubt the transparency of the procurement process to build the separator plants of liquids of Rio Grande and Gran Chaco, after…
A proud Bolivian wins a marathon in Ecuador!
Franklin Aduviri made our day!!! We have too many problems and this type of news are refreshing; so I welcome Franklin to The Hall of Bolivian Fame. El Deber reports: The Bolivian Franklin Aduviri, with a time of 2h29m10s, won last Sunday [July 8, 2012] the sixth edition of the marathon of Quito, which this…
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