I just read in FB that current Bolivian president was donating $1MM to Argentina, for a Juana Azurduy de Padilla statue (not that is wrong to honor her legacy but the way she and other Bolivian heroes get manipulated by current government, who is in electoral campaign, after the votes of the Bolivians residing in…
Month: March 2013
Bolivia, unfortunately is currently considered as a country with high political risk for investment
And this is how Bolivia is viewed by most of the world out there… For AON’s direct link to the map findings study, please click here Bolivia ranks: VERY HIGH under Political Interference Risk HIGH under Legal and Regulatory Risk HIGH under Supply Chain Disruption Risk MEDIUM HIGH under Political Violence Risk MEDIUM under Sovereign…
Potosi: Complete Arzans’ Chronicles are for sale, first time ever!!
Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: The three volumes of the monumental work sold at Bs900 Complete Arzans’ Chronicles are for sale for the first time INITIATIVE. The BCB [Bolivia’s Central Bank] and Plural Foundation launched a facsimile edition of the monumental work. “… Nowhere in the world is so rich hill found … none…
Bolivia will protect its writers!!
A good piece of news, our writers will be protected and reading encouraged! From El Deber: Deputies approved the book draft law The [Lower] Chamber [of the National Assembly, former Congress] decided to support unanimously. The law that will be enacted in April, expected on the 23rd, day of the book. The Chamber of Deputies…
12 year-old kid wins national Story contest!!
There is great future for Antonio Javier Chavez, congrats and welcome to The Hall of Bolivian Fame!! From HoyBolivia.com: 12 years old kid wins national Story Contest Antonio Javier Chávez won first place in a literary contest in which 131 authors participated, many of them consecrated authors and that doubled or tripled his age. The…
La Merced catholic church robbed in Potosi
As I said in an earlier post, Bolivia’s going downhill, no employment generation, anarchy growing all over, narcotraffick are triggering theft and crime, this time the beautiful La Merced Church suffered a robbery… From El Potosi newspaper and printed in Los Tiempos: IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WAS STOLEN AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN HALF A MILLION…
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