Important contributor and not acknowledged by current central government, are the remittances to the Bolivian economy. From El Diario: Santa Cruz information reveals a million beneficiaries “Family remittances” sent to the country went up to a billion dollars in 2013 In the year 2001, Bolivia received by that concept $100 million dollars and in present…
Month: August 2013
Bolivian central gov’s aggression still unsolved: TIPNIS – Chaparina
A good editorial from El Deber: Chaparina, new guidelines September will mark two years of violent police repression against the marchers in the Beni town of Chaparina, against Tipnis defenders, but there is still no guilty parties found. We still remember the Vice President of the State say that he knows who gave the order…
We are majority
Carlos Cordero writes in El Deber: We are majority The final 2012 census data is made public nine months after the socio-demographic information was retrieved and quickly caused controversy along and across the country, as well as confusion in our leaders and all kinds of babbling in Indigenismo ideologues. While the country reacted outraged by…
Bolivia is NOT growing at 6.5% – cheap blind demagogue politics!
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: According to the Government feels the bonanza Analysts see doubts in the growth of 6.5 % Index. The data shows that between 2005-2012, extreme poverty has fallen by 22%. They noted the absence of other reports. Economic growth, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Economy and…
Mammals of Bolivia are now in a digital database
Javier Mendez reports for El Deber: RESEARCH AND CONSULTATION TOOL Mammals of Bolivia are now in a digital database The information is on a DVD. It can also be accessed from internet. It gathers images and general information about 116 species. There are maps of protected areas and species’ distribution Zoology During seven years, four…
Undeniably, Bolivia is mestizo!!
Humberto Vacaflor G. writes in El Diario: Explosion of mestizos Another surprise that contain the results of the 2012 census is that the inhabitants of this country found the most effective way to challenge the Government’s decision to exclude the mestizos. The most appropriate response found in the Census ballot was to say that more than…
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