Rachael Espaillat reports for Your4State: Local dentist goes to Bolivia to provide dental care For some patients it was their first time seeing a dentist Hagerstown, MD – A local dentist traveled nearly 4 thousand miles to give quality dental care to those in need. Dentist Reza Keshmiri, a dentist at Kool Smiles in Hagerstown,…
Category: Bolivia
Bolivia lags behind attracting investments
El Diario reports: Bolivia to the tail in attraction of investments Former Mining Minister Dionisio Garzón said Bolivia lags behind in investments, while Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina have attractive rules to attract foreign capital, and seek to develop their sector. He regretted that the Government does not have attractive projects, while Ecuador is in the…
Bolivian History 101: The Chaco, the war that Bolivia ended up winning
Ivone Juarez reports for Pagina Siete: The Chaco, the war that Bolivia ended up winning On June 14, 1935, at noon, the ceasefire was declared on the battlefield of the Chaco War. Then came three years of negotiations in which Bolivia achieved its objectives: access to the Atlantic and the defense of its oil. Radio…
What locals call the ‘gates of hell’: inside the infamous mines of Potosi
Matt Castell reports for news.com.au: What locals call the ‘gates of hell’: inside the infamous mines of Potosi IT’S pitch black, I have a pocket full of explosives and I’m thirsty. Caleb has the water so my only option is a plastic bottle of pure grain alcohol. “Caleb?” I splutter, a quiver of nervousness in…
Illegal interim appointments persist in Bolivian public sector
El Diario reports: Illegal interim appointments persist in public sector • Democrat Unit asks the MAS to begin with the institutionalization of state-owned enterprises. Eight years after the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) has been in force, at least ten positions of state entities that must be designated by means of convocations and proposals…
Seminar: 55% of workers’ income goes to taxes
Manuel Filomeno reports for Pagina Siete: Seminar: 55% of workers’ income goes to taxes The director of Inaset noted that the compensation of workers as a percentage of GDP was reduced from 36% to 25% until 2013. In recent years, workers have allocated up to 55% of their income to pay taxes, according to a…
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