Madison Lemelin reports for Rainforest Trust: This week, Rainforest Trust and partner Wildlife Conservation Society-Bolivia (WCS-Bolivia) established the Rhukanrhuka Municipal Reserve. The 2,123,749-acre reserve in the Beni region protects grasslands found in the transition area between the Sub-Andean and Llanos de Mojos Ecosystems. The Beni grasslands, an area twice the size of Portugal, is South…
Month: June 2019
Trust yourself and make your own everything: Hear the artist hustle of Amado Espinoza
John Jared Hawks reports for Startland: Whether directing a contemporary indigenous stage performance, covering the Beatles classic Elanor Rigby with a pan flute and charango for TEDxKC or creating a diatonically-tuned bendy-straw, Amado Espinoza understands the importance of fully committing to a pursuit. “For me, being a professional musician means when you dedicate your entire life to music,”…
Construction sector registers its lowest growth in 13 years
Juan Carlos Salinas reports for El Deber: In 2018 the Gross Domestic Product of the sector closed at 3.54%, according to the INE. In 2007 there was the highest growth with 14.35%. For analysts, it is the effect of deceleration. For the first time, in 13 years (2006-2018), the performance of the construction sector recorded…
On a more likely presidential election fraud: under evo the perspective of the economy, which went from “stable” to “negative” and is “uncertain” beyond 2019
Fitch reports, for Spanish use Pagina Siete’s last bottom link: Fitch Revises Bolivia’s Outlook to Negative; Affirms IDR at ‘BB-‘ Fitch Ratings – New York – 20 June 2019: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bolivia’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BB-‘ and revised its Outlook to Negative from Stable. KEY RATING DRIVERS The…
Bolivian Thoughts 