The Wall Street Journal reports: An Exhilarating (If Risky) Family Adventure in Bolivia The remote Salar de Uyuni salt flat is an unlikely, unnerving—and unforgettable—vacation spot By Hilary McGregor WE WERE HURTLING toward the edge of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat in a Toyota Land Cruiser as the sun was sinking, turning the world…
Month: January 2016
Over the last ten years, anarchy has sprouted: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz
El Diario reports: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz • Fejuve ensures that will not allow increase in tariffs to passengers The drivers of public transport yesterday [01/11/2016] staged riots in the vicinity of the Simon Bolivar Avenue, near Hernando Siles Stadium, when they tried to force drivers to charge fares with an increase…
Between what is said and done… corruption is present under current Bolivian government!
An Editorial from El Diario: Between what is said and done The first revelations of some news inconvenience for the Government and the somewhat later approach of the same authorities, indicate much difference or contradiction. In the first impact the usual surge “heads will roll”, with greater emphasis if the damage is economic and the…
High Aspirations: Freddy Mamani and his cholets
From The New Yorker: High Aspirations Photographs by PETER GRANSER Introduction by JUDITH THURMAN The Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani Silvestre doesn’t have an office, use a computer, or draw formal blueprints. He sketches his plans on a wall or transmits them orally to his associates. Since 2005, Mamani and his firm have completed sixty projects…
There is no credibility over current Bolivian gov’s growth projections
El Diario reports: Annual growth of 5.8%: Former President of the BCB doubts official projections The former president of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), Armando Mendez, put into question the government’s economic growth projections for the next five years and said it would be an “incredible achievement” to grow 5.8% on average over the…
Explainer: Presidential Reelection in Bolivia
From Americas Society Council of the Americas, excerpt pertaining Bolivia follows: Explainer: Presidential Reelection in Ecuador and Bolivia In November, voters unseated kirchnerismo in Argentina with the election of President Mauricio Macri. The next month, Venezuelan electors dealt chavismo a blow by handing the opposition coalition a supermajority in the legislature. The electoral sea changes have…
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