El Dia’s Editorial: Who will save democracy? President Morales has returned to affirm that his political project or maybe he, coming to be the same, have become to stay indefinitely at the Quemado Palace. He says, after at least six political groupings have practically confirmed to participate in the general elections of 2014. The presidential…
Month: September 2013
The Bolivian economy as of August 2013
El Diario reports: The Bolivian economy as of August 2013 GROWTH: The growth rate of Bolivian GDP, as of June 2013 reached 6.5%. Meanwhile, the growth rate of the GDP from the manufacturing industry came to the 4.21% (March, 2013), according to – Macroeconomic Monitor -, the National Chamber of Industries [CNI]. INFLATION: 2013 inflation as…
Bolivia: Slowing inflationary pressures
Alberto Bonadona writes in El Deber: Slowing inflationary pressures Officially the monetary authorities accept that the goal of 4.8% inflation expected this year will not be achieved. To avoid the pressures that drive prices to rise, the Central Bank is issuing more bonds, trying to reduce the money in the hands of the public. A…
Ronald H. Coase’s work and Bolivia
Pedro Shimose writes in El Deber: . . In memory of Ronald H. Coase Has died the British Economist, US nationalized, Ronald Harry Coase (Willesden, near London, 12/29/1910 – Chicago, 09/02/2013 / Nobel Prize 1991), at the age of 102. Contemporary of Paul A. Samuelson (1915-2009 / Nobel Prize 1970), said: “in this age of…
Pollution threatens Bolivian youth!
ERBOL reports: Mining pollutes water They detect lead in the blood of some children in Tupiza They detected the presence of lead in some children, in District 3, in the municipality of Tupiza, the Department of Potosi, which is of concern to several families, said Norma Moreno, Member of the Comite Octubre Azul [October Blue…
Five years from ignoring who caused death in Porvenir, Pando
Estefany Claros reports for El Dia: The process remains stalled Porvenir, five years without knowing the truth Pando. The opposition says that the Government has the former Prefect Leopoldo Fernández as a trophy. Today [9/11/13] marks five years of the Porvenir massacre, unless you know for sure who were the instigators of the confrontation between…
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