Reuters reports for The New York Times: LA PAZ — Bolivia will extend its lockdown against the COVID-19 pandemic until May 10, the government announced on Wednesday, while planning to relax stay-at-home rules in parts of the country little affected by the illness starting May 11. President Jeanine Anez, in a televised message to the…
Month: April 2020
COVID-19: Bolivia’s infra officials draft economic reactivation plan
BN Americas report: Bolivia’s infrastructure authorities are working on an economic reactivation plan to deal with the pandemic. In the plan, the ministry of public works, housing and services (MOPSV) assumes that the coronavirus will impact society and the economy for many more months, meaning companies will have to operate under eventual new restrictions. None of…
Abel Bellido Córdoba: deserves respect! – merece respeto!
Abel reflects our daily conundrum and deserves our full respect. It is despicable that worthy people like him have to face threats of all sorts as this article describes (see a portion of his work at the bottom): Pagina Siete reports: Harassment and death threats against the illustrator of Página Siete The threats and insults…
After the virus – Después del virus
Editorial from Pagina Siete: The day after the virus If we are guided by the experience of other countries in their fight against the coronavirus, in the evolution of infections and deaths, Bolivia seems to be still at the beginning of the fight. There are reasons to believe that sensible measures have been taken in…
Cerro Rico production stops after nearly 500 years
Paul Harris reports for Mining Journal: Revolution, war, plague and genocide couldn’t stop production from Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia, but COVID-19 has seen it suspended after almost 500 years. Editor’s Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see…
Bolivia’s fine wine
The Economist reports: High varietals Bolivia’s other intoxicating export—fine wine A newcomer to tipple’s top table In 2010 the Netherlands’ Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries, which is financed by the government, sent Cees van Casteren to Bolivia. His mission was to help Bolivia’s vintners break into Europe. It was a tough assignment….
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