Los Tiempos editorial which reflects current pressures to freedom of speech and free press: Step by step towards media control As in other cases, a just cause is being reduced to the status of pretext for purposes as ignoble, as they are required to be masked A common feature of the Governments of the countries…
Month: October 2012
For lack of markets, Bolivian sugar price drops… how about the future?
There are no better ways to undermine production like what is happening in Bolivia… El Deber, Carla Paz reports: Drops the price of sugar for lack of markets Product. Because of the oversupply, the price of a 5 kg bag fell from Bs30 to Bs27. Industrialists and sugar cane producers express their concern. The IBCE…
Bolivian weather: This week will be hot and rainy
El Deber reports about Bolivian weather for this week. Below I include the link for the original weather page that you can save, to access directly in the future: The Senamhi predicts heat and rain for this week The national service of meteorology and hydrology (Senamhi) predicts a slight drop in temperatures from tomorrow [10/10/12]….
Bolivia mining cooperatives’ 101: Colquiri – coops from within
This cartoon is from La Razon, September 26, 2012, illustrates how violent (dynamite in their mouths) the miners became… Ivan Arias makes an excellent description of how mining cooperatives function in Bolivia, so we can try to understand the violence, anarchy and “pay-back” from these supporters of current government. Article appeared in Pagina Siete: Colquiri:…
If you have relatives overseas, watch out for scams!
Important information to take into account: Jorge Quispe reports for La Razon: New form of scam reported by phone Susana Chávez will never forget the morning of September 24. That day, the elderly woman, received a telephone call at 10.30, from Mexico, which in a couple of seconds collapsed her. “Are you the Lady Susana…
TIPNIS under fire!! government signed contract to re-start phase I of the road…
Unfortunately, our TIPNIS’ national park and Isiboro Secure indigenous territory, continues to be in jeopardy! so much for the self-named protectors of mother earth… Juan Carlos Veliz writes for Pagina Siete: Indigenous people say the Government seeks to fulfill a campaign promise Evo resumes construction of the section I of the route through the TIPNIS…
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