Pulse reports: Bolivia’s opposition on Tuesday [02/19/2019] called for a nationwide protest against President Evo Morales, who plans to stand for a fourth term in office. The protests called for Thursday [02/21/2019] will coincide with the third anniversary of a referendum called by Morales to change the constitution to let him stand for unlimited terms….
Month: February 2019
Bolivia will face an economic slowdown [asking to create a silk purse from a pig’s ear, I mean the incapable masista government!]
Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet: The weakening of the world economy will have serious repercussions in Third World countries, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to studies of the International Monetary Fund, the growth of the world economy will be low and this will determine that poor countries especially must…
Unemployment, serious problem [… and a result of how incompetent evo turned out to be!]
A great Editorial from El Diario: While the country enjoyed significant income between 2007 and 2014, it emerged in the population that finally new sources of employment could be created; but the little that was done was in public entities and mining and cooperative organizations; but the private activity did not enjoy advances in its…
The last battle for Bolivia
Luis Gonzalez reports for Pagina Siete: REVIEW The author writes about Álvaro Moscoso’s research work on the government of Pedro Blanco. He points out that it is a book that has a clear and direct prose, and a very careful edition. A revisionist study of official history, tending to discuss commonly accepted criteria and to…
La Paz, Bolivia’s Emerging Wine Destination
Lauren Mowery reports for Winemag.com: From unique restaurants and Bolivian wine to the riveting Andes, La Paz has everything you need for a trip of a lifetime. A Bolivian winemaker describes La Paz as “chaos, color and kitsch.” Indeed, the city bursts with dozens of ethnic groups that intersect over food, culture and dress. It’s the world’s…
Urus offer crafts to support families
El Diario reports: Creative works The frost, the overflow of the Lauca River and the evaporation of Lake Poopó left the inhabitants of the arid land without food Urus crafts women expose and sell their works of art until today in the artist’s house. The Urus de Chipaya, Llapallapani and Tinta…
