Food Navigator reports: Black amaranth muesli from Bolivia to showcase FAO’s ‘mountain food’ logo By Niamh Michail+, 03-Oct-2016 The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and Slow Food have created a logo for mountain foods to ensure producers receive a fair compensation, help consumers make informed choices and protect endangered products. … … ……
Month: October 2016
Torrential storms wreak havoc in Bolivia
Reuters reports: Torrential storms wreak havoc in Bolivia Tuesday, October 04, 2016 – 00:49 A short but intense downpour has wreaked havoc in parts of Bolivia. Weather experts blame El Nino and say there’s more dangerous weather to come. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Havoc on the streets of Sucre Bolivia. A heavy downpour lasting about an…
Strongest drought in 25 years hits Bolivia
Mongabay Latam reports: The two food production systems that support Bolivia — family farming and agribusiness — are being hit by the worst drought in the last quarter century and one of the three worst in the last 65 years. Official data indicate that a state of emergency has been declared in 142 of Bolivia’s…
Bolivia’s ‘Taliban’ miners have something to tell us
Eduardo Baptista writes in Varsity: Bolivia’s ‘Taliban’ miners have something to tell us When Eduardo Baptista escaped an exploding mountain, it got him thinking about how we make ourselves heard. I was sleeping blissfully with my face smack against the bus window when a cacophony of increasingly loud Spanish-speaking voices woke me up. “Blockade, the…
Bolivia has two maladies: corruption and inefficient government bureaucracy!
From the Global Competitiveness Index 2016 – 2017: No need to say more outside the fact that it is the horrendous ochlocracy that the coca grower caudillo has brought to Bolivia, the guilty ones. Long gone are the $150 billion dollars wasted to please his ego! http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-index/country-profiles/#economy=BOL
How credible has become current Bolivian president?
Over ten years ago, the new president of Bolivia, regardless how he ended up in power (road blockades, turmoil since 2003…), we can agree that the world thought highly of him, expectations were high … All that turned out to ba a complete farce, until now, he wasted over $150 billion dollars, have more than…
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