The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) -the Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. (3 May 2012) Latin America and the Caribbean received US$153.448 billion from foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2011, which represents 10% of the global…
Category: Bolivia
Health strike sees some results, although not enough…
From El Deber’s website, as reported last night, here is the government’s decision regarding the nationwide health strike over the eight-hour-work-day. After the article, a few cartoons regarding this conflict that current government allowed to escalate: Morales [current president], speaking on the State channel for about eight minutes, said that the measure [to raise from…
Bolivian politics amid escalating violence
These cartoons reflect what Bolivian society has been forced to endure for many years already; but we are reaching the limit, it is inconceivable that well into this century our way of coexistence has deteriorated exponentially. We must sit and reflect: This is from El Dia, April 18, 2012: The government (MAS) tries to force…
Nationalization brings harsh Spanish press criticism towards current Bolivian president; USA is “concerned”
ANF reports Spain repercussions and EFE reports on USA reaction; both published in Pagina Siete: ANF The Spanish press released harsh criticism on Wednesday, about the Government of Evo Morales to the nationalization of the conveyor of electricity, in the hands of the Spanish electricity network in articles and editorials calling that decision as “spoliation”…
TIPNIS protest-walk progress, May 2, 2012
The following article was written by Pablo Ortiz, photos by Hernan Virgo, published in El Deber: “Colleagues, we also celebrate the 1st of May [labor day], because although we are not wage-earners, we are workers, are free laborers. Why is that we petty our territory, why we defend the TIPNIS, because we do not want…
Unemployment hits hard our young professionals
Yesterday most of the world celebrated Labor day, today I wanted to share an article that is shocking, depressing and hard to revert situation: Bolivian young professionals face underemployment, and/or unemployment. Bolivia does not elude what is happening around the world. Ruy D’Alencar writes for El Deber: Short, from La Paz, uses dreadlocks in his…
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