Bolivia has a serious and long-lasting pending issue with Chile. The following is from El Diario and highlights the 13 point agenda that Bolivia has been conducting with Chile, in the last few years: The thirteen points Bolivia-Chile Here are the 13 points of negotiation between Bolivia and Chile. Point 6, maritime theme was excluded…
Month: February 2015
Remittances: Four of every ten dollars come from Spain
El Diario reports: Remittances: Four of every ten dollars come from Spain Bolivia in 2014, received in remittances the sum of $1,163.6 million dollars, a 1.5% lower amount as compared to 2013, when Bolivia received $1,181.8 million dollars, according to the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB). According to a report from this institution, the decrease…
Zaskia Antelo, chosen to be the first Bolivian to go to Mars!
Margarita Palacios reports for El Deber: [excerpt follows, original article at the end of this portion of this post] Bolivian aspiring to go to Mars wants to be a mother there and be back in 30 years The Bolivian Zaskia Antelo was chosen among 202,586 youth who participated in the Mars One project that seeks…
Bolivia’s current president now wants to grab the $$ of OUR Pension!
Roberto Ortiz: Evo Morales Raids Bolivia’s Pension Pots Third-Term President Targets Retirement Funds to Shore Up Spending In the middle of the previous century, Chilean Harvard-trained economist José Piñera Echenique came up with a private pensions fund system, implemented in Chile for the first time in 1980. The scheme, based on personal contributions to savings…
Another two cases of chikungunya in Santa Cruz are reported!
Pagina Siete reports: NOW FOUR MORE CASES OF THIS ILLNESS IN THE EASTERN CAPITAL Another two cases of chikungunya in Santa Cruz are reported The Departmental Health Service (SEDES) in Santa Cruz, yesterday [02/11[2015] confirmed two new indigenous cases of chikungunya in the capital Santa Cruz, with whom, added four people affected by this disease. SEDES…
Life expectancy in Bolivia – the impact of war and other disasters
Today, I would like to share an interesting “visualization”: “Nelson Davis of The Vizioneer blog looks at life expectancy by country and highlights the impact war and other disasters have. Click on the screenshot to view the viz. Filter by country and step through the story points for more information on some of the worst…
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