Willmary Montilla reports for Bolivia.com: The small city of Copacabana, has a great attraction, the Isla del Sol [Island of the Sun], and the archaeological attractions are multiple, if you have not yet gone, take advantage of the next holiday to visit it. Isla del Sol and all its attractions remained closed for almost two…
Month: July 2019
Ogilvy Bolivia’s Banking Ad for BCP was deleted from the source page, as a result of Ogilvy’s clarifying the intend while using colloquial slang.
Erik Oster for AgencySpy: We watch a lot of bad ads over the course of a given year, but every so often something comes around so blatantly offensive that it merits special attention. On the one hand of the spectrum we have the type of work awarded for the Cannes Glass Lion, which was introduced in…
Bolivian Treasury 101: 45,500 million dollars after and … WTH?!
Armando Alvarez writes in Pagina Siete: 45,500 million dollars During 13 years of government, the current authorities have disposed of 45,500 million dollars. 37,500 million from income from gas exports, mainly thanks to the Hydrocarbons Law that was promulgated in May 2005 and not to the nationalization of the sector, as the government authorities maintain,…
This Bolivian Startup Wants Taxis to Deliver Cash in Areas Without ATMs
Patrick Kulp reports for AdWeek: The idea has already won a gold innovation award from El Ojo de Iberoamérica In a country with only around 40 ATMs for every 100,000 citizens, Ogilvy Bolivia is taking a page from Uber’s playbook to make cash more available on the go. The agency is forming an ambitious financial-tech…
New Bolivian millionaires?! out of public funds?! That is nothing more than pure corruption!
Angelica Siles writes in El Diario, picture from the internet: Investigation of new millionaires Art. 229 of the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) states: “The Attorney General of the State is the institution of public legal representation that has as its attribution to promote, defend and protect the interests of the State. Its organization…
Torotoro National Park Dinosaur Footprints
Atlas Obscura reports: Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park. There are plenty of things to see and do in Bolivia’s Torotoro National Park. You can trek along the numerous canyons that cut through the semi-arid landscape, the deepest reaching depths of almost 1,000 feet. You can bathe in natural swimming pools, some…
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