From BBC News, Latin America & Caribbean: In pictures: Cycling down Bolivia’s ‘death road’ A road in Bolivia widely known as “death road” for the high number of fatal accidents that have happened here has become a popular cycle route for mountain bikers with a good head for heights. Photographer Fellipe Abreu and reporter Luiz…
Month: December 2014
Speaking of recycling paper… good to know!
Yuri Rios writes in El Diario, 11/25/2014: Speaking of recycling paper The years of reading have its consequence. And I do not mean just reading books but also newspapers or periodicals from local and national circulation, which over time were inexorably accumulating. Sections worthy to be collected as supplements and magazines were retained, while the…
Bolivian Politics 101: Failed socialism is a hundred years old
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: Failed socialism is a hundred years old The history of failed socialism has numerous details and a long history that must be taken into account in the observation and analysis of Bolivian politics. This study may be valuable for orientation amid the vicissitudes of this ideology in the course…
The debate on the second Christmas bonus
This week, newspaper El Mundo reported that seven people out of every ten in Bolivia work in the informal sector… thus, the demagogue ruling ochlocracy has forced the legal sector to pay a second Christmas bonus… in the last nine years, the size of the public service has increased exponentially, including a large portion of…
A possible agenda for the liberal opposition
Javier Paz writes in El Deber: A possible agenda for the liberal opposition The next legislature will be controlled by the ruling party. Therefore, we can assume that laws out there will give more power to the state at the expense of the freedom of citizens. Opposition lawmakers, in most cases, have a testimonial role…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
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