El Dia reports via HoyBolivia.com: It was calculated that Chile owes Bolivia more than one billion dollars for the Silala water El Dia.- President of the Senate, José Alberto ‘Gringo’ Gonzales, estimated on Tuesday [03/29/2016] that Chile owes Bolivia more than one billion dollars for the consumption of the Silala water. [photo from internet source]…
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WB EXPERT WARNS THAT AN ENTREPRENEUR IN BOLIVIA SPENDS 27% OF HIS TIME ON PROCEEDINGS
ANF reports: WB EXPERT WARNS THAT AN ENTREPRENEUR IN BOLIVIA SPENDS 27% OF HIS TIME ON PROCEEDINGS Quijandra said that according to various opinions of Bolivian entrepreneurs, bureaucratic procedures that they must comply, generate constraints to competitiveness. La Paz, March 24 (ANF).- A manager of companies in Bolivia must allocate 27% of his time to…
Bolivia to take water dispute with Chile to UN court
BBC News reports: Bolivia to take water dispute with Chile to UN court Bolivian President Evo Morales has said his country will file a suit against Chile over a water dispute at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Bolivia says it owns the Silala spring in a border region and that it is not being…
Bolivian men and women in violent harvest festival punch up, in pictures
From The Telegraph: Bolivian men and women in violent harvest festival punch up, in pictures Pictures: Martin Pashley/Solent News Thousands of villagers high up in the Bolivian Andes have taken part in a street fight with the aim of ‘spilling as much blood as possible’. Men and women dressed in colourful clothes take part in…
STOP: In Bolivia, deforestation reached 350,000 hectares per year
CEDIB study, reported in El Diario: Report of Cedib In Bolivia, deforestation reached 350,000 hectares per year • According to the document released by Cedib, Bolivia has the highest level of clearance in relation to global figures. The Center for Documentation and Information Bolivia (Cedib) estimated that Bolivia lost 350,000 hectares of forests annually by…
Chilean industry does not pay for usufruct of Bolivian Silala
El Diario reports off another abnormality imposed by Chile: Chilean industry does not pay for usufruct of Silala • Apart from the streams of Silala and groundwater that are in Bolivian territory, border region between the two countries, a legal technical study reveals that there are other water resources which are used without paying a…
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