From the editorial ssection of Pagina Siete: Censorship to Amalia Pando The journalist Amalia Pando said she heads the ‘blacklist’ of the Government and that is why any entrepreneur media are encouraged to hire her or rent you a space to make its program. He also denounced that its recently-broadcast programs were eliminated without consent of…
Month: January 2016
Expert questions economic growth data
El Diario reports: Presidential speech Expert questions economic growth data Darío Monasterio, analyst, questioned the data presented yesterday by President Evo Morales, when he argued that the average economic growth of the country has been 5, in the last decade. The expert, via phone call with El Diario, questioned data exposed by the President in…
Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president
From The Guardian: Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president Jonathan Watts in La Paz, Bolivia In a riot of colour, noise and statistics, Bolivian president Evo Morales marked 10 years of his “indigenous socialist” rule on Friday, one month before a referendum that could extend his period in office until 2025….
Zika virus infection – Bolivia
The World Health Organization reports: Emergencies preparedness, response Zika virus infection – Bolivia Disease Outbreak News 20 January 2016 On 16 January 2016, Ministry of Health of Bolivia, through its National IHR Focal Points (NFP), notified PAHO/WHO of the first laboratory-confirmed cases of locally-acquired Zika virus infection in the country. The case is a 32-year-old…
At least nine dead in bus crash in Bolivia
EFE reports for Foxnews Latino: At least nine dead in bus crash in Bolivia [photo is from El Deber, to read that in Spanish, please use this link http://m.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/nueve-muertos-tragico-accidente-yungas.html%5D At least nine people died and four were injured on Monday when the bus in which a Peruvian band was apparently riding went off the road…
Bolivian Economics 101: Low inflation in 2015
Armando Mendez writes in El Diario: Low inflation in 2015 Without doubt, a remarkable fact of the behavior of the Bolivian economy during year 2015 was the low rate of inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), published monthly by the National Statistics Institute. The year ended with an annual rate of 3%, while…
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