Ryan Dube reports for The Wall Street Journal: Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests Cabinet of President Evo Morales approves measures that would increase regulation, ban use of dynamite in demonstrations. Bolivia’s government on Thursday moved to increase control over mining cooperatives in the wake of violent protests that resulted in the…
Month: September 2016
Drought: CEPB says that lacked seriousness in decrees
ANF reports in Los Tiempos: Drought: CEPB says that lacked seriousness in decrees After nearly a month of the approval of 12 decrees issued by President Evo Morales to address the effects of drought, the Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) described them as “unserious” and “irrelevant”. Warned that failure to take serious action…
Latin America’s Best Female Chef 2016 works in Bolivia!
The World’s 50 Best reports: Latin America’s Best Female Chef 2016 Kamilla Seidler, Gustu, Bolivia Danish chef on a mission to champion Bolivian cuisine When people meet Kamilla Seidler for the first time, they’re often baffled: who is this pale-skinned, blonde-haired Danish woman with perfect Spanish at the helm of Bolivia’s No.1 restaurant? But the…
What will happen to the archaeological heritage of El Bala?
Pablo Solon reports for Pagina Siete: What will happen to the archaeological heritage of El Bala? The study by Geodata identified four archaeological sites in the area of the Hydroelectric Project El Bala, is an area of high “archaeological sensitivity”. According annexes to the environmental document of Chepete obtained by ANF and the Solon Foundation…
65% of Bolivian millennials work in private companies
El Deber reports: 65% of Bolivian millennials work in private companies The Captura Consulting firm, conducted 1,120 surveys in La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, to develop the study on the Millennials Generation in Bolivia. 65% of Bolivian millennials prefer to work in private companies, revealed the Millennials Generation in Bolivia study, by…
Bolivia: UN human rights office condemns killing of vice minister and three miners
From the UN News Centre: Bolivia: UN human rights office condemns killing of vice minister and three miners 30 August 2016 – The United Nations human rights office today spoke out against the killing of a government minister by a group of striking miners last Thursday, as well as deadly clashes between police and people…
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