Human Rights Council adopts outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Bolivia, Fiji, and San Marino … The Human Rights Council met on March 18, 2015. And as it was expected, the Bolivian government managed to receive praises, even on indigenous affairs, forgetting the brutal police aggression on the TIPNIS people at Chaparina, and the ongoing repression…
Month: March 2015
Bolivian wine among the 200 best in the world
El Deber reports: Bolivian wine among the 200 best in the world The ‘Trivarietal Reserva’ from Campos de Solana brand received the International Wine of the Year title. The award is given for the first time in history to a Bolivian broth. The Trivarietal Reserve from the Tarija winery Campos de Solana was included among…
Inexhaustible strength of Esteban Quelale
El Diario made an excellent recognition of a superb athlete: Inexhaustible strength Esteban Quelale, 71 years old, runs in El Diario’s competition [13 kilometer run] for 40 years. The icon of the Bolivian received the athletics gold medal in the specialty of the Bolivarian walk in 1977 and Odesur, held in the city of La…
Bolivia’s Minimum Wage: How to Kill the Economy
From PanAm Post: Bolivia’s Minimum Wage: How to Kill the Economy Red Tape Forces Thousands to Scratch a Living in Informal Labor Sector by Roberto Ortiz March 17, 2015 at 3:11 pm Bolivian President Evo Morales has once again come to an agreement with the Bolivian Worker’s Center (COB) to increase their workers pay by…
Products made in Bolivia
From the Editorial section of Pagina Siete: Products made in Bolivia A packaged llajua [spice sauce made mainly with locoto/Capsicum pubescens and tomato], packaged pasankallas [sweet popcorn type] or singani [spirit made with distilled grapes, better than pisco] promoted by American film director and a long list of other innovations, are some examples of the…
Bolivian workers may get 15% increase on seniority bonus
Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: By increasing the minimum wage Seniority bonus rises 15% Work. Businesses Reject increase and announce study to see the impact of the measure. The increase from 8.5% to 15% have basic and the national minimum, made automatically upload the seniority bonus of a worker up to 15% in all…
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