The TIPNIS struggle for their rights continue and so does CIDOB”s as they try to recover their independence from political influences. CIDOB’s president Adolfo Chavez was elected until 2015 and due to the support he gave to the TIPNIS cause, political influences ‘promoted’ a highly questionable ‘new election’ where someone else appeared appointment at a…
Month: August 2012
Bolivian president derogatory remarks against the people of the Bolivian lowlands
Freddy Lacio reports for El Deber: Process announced against Morales for racism towards the East Members of the Congress do not want the President in September celebrations The words of President Evo Morales, who said that if hunger is passed in the Bolivian eastern part is attributed to laziness, in a public ceremony, was felt…
Bolivian cement production going down and our growth is limited…
One of our most active internal industries is Real State, specially in Santa Cruz, followed by the rest of the country. It generates employment not only in construction but around all services and furniture needed for the household or the office. Around this time, every year we began to experience shortages in cement production, smoke…
Bolivia: Viability of Chapare fertilizer plants questioned
A. D. Hans Soria reports for Los Tiempos: They doubt of viability of fertilizer plants The location and the lack of a marketing plan could subtract viability to the plants of fertilizers (urea and ammonia) that will be built in Carrasco, said the analysts Bernardo Prado and Alvaro Rios, who question that the Government has…
Bolivian economics 101: results and expectations with current gov policies… August, 2012
To better illustrate how prepared we are to secure our daily lives, the following graphs and cartoons should serve us to think over what to expect and what to do in 2014… These graphs are from IBCE, see direct link for more info here Silver, Tin and Zinc international prices are going down, internally a…
Bolivia ranks 114 (out of 141) in the Global Innovation Index 2012 edition
INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations) co-publish The Global Innovation Index (GII) since 2012. This year in its fifth edition, the GII was previously published by INSEAD. The GII recognizes the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity and acknowledges the…
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