The following article prompted an analysis of what really is Corporate Social Responsibility [Responsabilidad Social Empresarial – RSE] vis-a-vis development work need to restore the social/environmental conditions of a given site as a result of economic activities, in this case under the hydrocarbon industry. People in Bolivia tend to use the wording RSE to “demonstrate”…
Month: August 2014
Inauguration of the Mint House of Potosí
Today is a great day, is the day where the Republic of Bolivia won its independence! 189 years of hard struggle but it is OUR country, OUR REPUBLIC! Bolivia is a country where the majority of the around ten million people are of mestizo majority, of western civilization culture and mostly Christian society. With most…
Bolivian golden bat revealed as ‘new species’
Erbol reports about a golden bat, found in Bolivia! If you want to read about this wonder in Spanish, please use this link: http://www.erbol.com.bo/noticia/ciencia_y_tecnologia/04082014/descubren_en_bolivia_un_murcielago_de_color_dorado This article is in English, from BBC: Bolivian golden bat revealed as ‘new species’ By Michelle Warwicker BBC Nature A golden bat from Bolivia has been described as a new species by…
The IBCE reflects Bolivia’s marginal trade with the ALBA
El Deber reports: The IBCE reflects a marginal trade with the ALBA The general manager of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE), Gary Rodriguez said, with data from INE, that the trade relationship with countries of Bolivia’s ideological affinity, as the group of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) is…
Bolivian Flamingos
DESCRIPTION The James’s Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi), also known as the Puna Flamingo, is a South American flamingo, named for Harry Berkeley James. It breeds on the high Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. It is related to the Andean Flamingo, and the two are often placed in the genus Phoenicoparrus. It is…
Wheat production reached 1.8 million tons
Pagina Siete reports: ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF 11 YEARS MADE BY IBCE Wheat production reached 1.8 million tons Between 2002 and 2013, the country imported 1.6 million tons, but besides the grain, wheat flour must be bought from foreign markets. Wheat production increases, but the country still has to import both the grain and…
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