El Diario reports: Illegal interim appointments persist in public sector • Democrat Unit asks the MAS to begin with the institutionalization of state-owned enterprises. Eight years after the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) has been in force, at least ten positions of state entities that must be designated by means of convocations and proposals…
Month: June 2017
Seminar: 55% of workers’ income goes to taxes
Manuel Filomeno reports for Pagina Siete: Seminar: 55% of workers’ income goes to taxes The director of Inaset noted that the compensation of workers as a percentage of GDP was reduced from 36% to 25% until 2013. In recent years, workers have allocated up to 55% of their income to pay taxes, according to a…
Bankers see a drop in deposits
El Deber reports: Bankers see a drop in deposits Due to the current economic situation, Asoban recognizes that there is a slight increase in the volume of arrears. Nelson Villalobos, executive secretary of the Association of Private Banks of Bolivia (Asoban), ruled out that in the financial sector there are liquidity problems and pointed out…
Alejandro Rioja: How This UCLA Grad Plans to Become the President of Bolivia
John White writes for Inc.com: How This UCLA Grad Plans to Become the President of Bolivia At 21, he’s already a highly successful serial entrepreneur. Wait till you hear his plan to give back. One of the things I love the most about writing for Inc. is that I get to meet and talk to some…
Che Guevara was sent ‘to die in Bolivia’ by Cuban leadership, retired general says
Fox News reports: Che Guevara was sent ‘to die in Bolivia’ by Cuban leadership, retired general says LA PAZ – Retired Bolivian Gen. Gary Prado Salmon, who in October 1967 captured Ernesto “Che” Guevara, said that the leadership of the Cuban communist party sent the iconic Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader “to die in Bolivia” because they…
‘Engineering with soul’ can help solve the world’s problems
Dave Cook reports for The Seattle Times: ‘Engineering with soul’ can help solve the world’s problems I’m bullish on our country’s scientific and engineering future because more scientists and engineers are multiculturalists, sensitive and empathetic. I was in the Bolivian Andes, 14,000 feet up. The 1970s-vintage water pipeline that snaked from a seep, across a…
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