EFE reports in Latino Fox News: Argentina’s YPF inks deal to explore for gas in Bolivia SANTA CRUZ – Argentine state-controlled energy company YPF signed an agreement Wednesday with Bolivian counterpart YPFB to explore an area of eastern Bolivia with potential natural gas reserves totaling 2.7 trillion cubic feet. YPFB CEO Guillermo Acha and YPF’s…
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Fitch Downgrades Bolivia’s IDRs to ‘BB-‘; Outlook Stable
CBS 8, Business Wire reports: Fitch Downgrades Bolivia’s IDRs to ‘BB-‘; Outlook Stable Posted: Jul 13, 2016 5:43 PM BOT Updated: Jul 13, 2016 5:43 PM BOT NEW YORK –(BUSINESS WIRE) Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bolivia’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘BB-‘ from ‘BB’. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The…
Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade
InSight Crime reports: Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade Written by Luis Fernando Alonso Authorities in Bolivia last year confiscated almost 600 metric tons of precursor chemicals used to process cocaine, underlining the nation’s importance in the South American chain of production for the drug. Officials from Bolivia’s Chemical Substances Investigation Group (El…
More than 200 children are trained as small wildlife rangers
El Diario reports: More than 200 children are trained as small wildlife rangers More than 200 children between 8 and 12 years old are trained as wildlife rangers, through training workshops for the care of wild animals in the Malls zoo, according to Councilwoman Andrea Cornejo. [pic came from the internet] According to the mayor’s…
Bolivia denounces to the world: we need AMNESTY for the politically imprisoned and persecuted!
Bolivia certainly has changed during the presidency of the coca grower caudillo, there are over 700 Bolivians that fled the country out of fear for an unjust, biased political persecution, where Justice is completely absent! BOLIVIA DENOUNCES TO THE WORLD: WE DEMAND AMNESTY FOR THE POLITICALLY IMPRISONED AND PERSECUTED!
My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar
From the Daily Beast: My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar In La Paz, our correspondent finds a legendary basement dive, where the house specialty is not a cocktail, but an illicit tray of the white stuff. It’s a well-known secret in La Paz, Bolivia, that it has an illegal underground cocaine bar, noted as…
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