I have the pleasure to welcome Rosario Arce into The Hall of Bolivian Fame! Lisa Evans writes for the Canadian Immigrant: Rosario Arce shares her Bolivian beats with Canada Rosario Arce loves traditional Latin music. “There’s a lot of culture and history with the lyrics and the instruments,” she says. Even before the Bolivian-born singer…
Month: April 2014
Bolivian mining conundrum…
Ivan Arias writes in Pagina Siete: Cooperatives: stop lying The mining conflict has evidenced once again (as it did with the issue of TIPNIS), the contradiction between the principles of the Constitution of the State (CPE) and real life. In this case, while we have a statist CPE and, supposedly, oriented to socialism, it collides…
Bolivia History 101: The battle of La Tablada, Tarija
Yesterday April 15, 2014, was the anniversary of Tarija, 197 years from an epic battle for its independence. El Diario reports: Battle of La Tablada The Battle of La Tablada de Tolomosa took place on April 15, 1817 near the city of Tarija. In this battle, [Spanish] royal forces under Colonel Mateo Ramirez clashed with…
A proof that Bolivia is not properly calculating its inflation: was it on purpose or…?
Hilton Heredia reports for El Deber: The INE will amend the Consumer Price Index in 2015 They will include new food, technology and transport products in the cost structure. A former president of the BCB noted different behaviors in each of the regions. The National Statistics Institute (INE) enlists a survey of personal and household…
Bolivian Railroads 101
Juan Carlos Zuleta writes in La Prensa: RAILWAY, PAST AND PRESENT For the geographical, topographical and population density characteristics of our country; the railway transport sector has become extremely important as a means of enabling the movement of people and exchange of goods, it “allowed” an effective integration of the country. This was prior to…
Bolivian gov wrongdoings… just plain ineptitude or is it on purpose?!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Unpaid bills It has become a habit of the current government to “discover” anomalies tolerated for years under its management, it just denounce and then give the impression that complies with the law and is very severe. A week ago, Interior Minister Carlos Romero, “denounced” that the Ichilo is…
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