Eleven years of the best possible economic times ever in our history! Eleven years of the worst possible government: inept, corrupt! And … they happened at the same time under the “leadership” of the coca grower caudillo! The result: over $160 billion dollars wasted and no single sustainable job, investment made … This ochlocracy, is…
Month: September 2017
‘Bolivian government lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more
Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: ‘They lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more Locals blame coca interests for the state’s broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous people. When Ovidio Teco’s Amazon homeland was declared “untouchable” by the Bolivian government in 2011, his war…
TIFF ’17: Violeta Ayala talks access in “Cocaine Prison”
Jessica Mach reports for Real Screen: TIFF ’17: Violeta Ayala talks access in “Cocaine Prison” Violeta Ayala’s latest documentary takes viewers inside one of Bolivia’s most notorious prisons, aiming to bring a new perspective to the war on drugs. Cocaine Prison provides a first-hand account of the foot soldiers affected by the drug trade through a prisoner…
Bolivian politics 101: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime They say that the manifesto is not limited to promoting a change of government, but “a change of regime”. More than 180 personalities signed the Agenda 21F, which was presented yesterday. This document proposes a set of reforms and policies…
Bolivian Economics 101: Pretentious debate for a real crisis
A remarkable Editorial from El Diario: Pretentious debate for a real crisis A controversy of intensity between state officials and private sector economists has come in recent weeks over whether the national economy is undergoing recession or slowdown, a debate that did not reach results that satisfy the public. Likewise, a similar debate has been…
Father Piotr Nawrot highlights music files from Bolivia
UCB reports via ERBOL Digital: Father Piotr Nawrot highlights music files from Bolivia “In Bolivia we have so rich musical documentation that we can teach the whole history of Western music without having to go to Europe,” said Father Piotr Nawrot, musicologist and director of the Chiquitos Festival in Santa Cruz, at a conference at…
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