Committee to Protect Journalists reports: Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest Bogotá, September 5, 2017–Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police detained Agustín Aldo Mamani,…
Month: September 2017
Bolivia’s largest attorney firm adds first non-family partners
Thomas Muskett-Ford reports for Latin Lawyer: Bolivia’s largest firm adds first non-family partners Moreno Baldivieso Estudio de Abogados has promoted six lawyers who are not from the Moreno family to the partnership, shaking up one of the region’s more traditional legal markets in an effort to address retention concerns. Moreno Baldivieso promoted Miguel Angel Jemio,…
Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day
Linda Farthing reports for The Guardian: Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day Country wants to reclaim physical activity in age when young people are focused on computers, says government spokeswoman. Air pollution levels have plunged in cities across Bolivia as the country marked a nationwide car-free day in which all non-emergency vehicles…
Runaway contamination of Lake Titicaca … point of NO return?!
El Diario reports: Runaway contamination of Lake Titicaca • Peru and Bolivia plan to clean the most navigable and highest lake in the world. The cleaning of Lake Titicaca and the protection of its natural wealth is one of the joint projects that will be addressed by the governments of Peru and Bolivia, said President…
The pitiful excuse of the “I didn’t know” is no longer viable for the ego…
This cartoon is from Página Siete (09/02/2017): The egomaniac who functions as Bolivian president has lost credibility! One of his main excuses was to claim he didn’t know of an issue, to avoid accountability, well, thank God most Bolivians have started to understand his real motives, the hard way … Let’s not forget that labor…
NATIONAL TAXES AUCTIONS A PROPERTY IN SANTA CRUZ FOR A TAX DEBT
ANF reports via El Deber: National Taxes auctions a property in Santa Cruz for a tax debt National Taxes reminds that taxpayers can avoid the auctioning of their properties with the payment of tax debts or with a plan of payment facilities. The National Tax Service (SIN) auctioned a property in Santa Cruz de la…
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