From El Diario: MAS aims to control ‘environmental” NGOs The Senator of the movement toward socialism (MAS), Eugenio Rojas, reported yesterday that the Government does not rule out the control of the “environmental” non governmental organizations (NGOs)”, since they want to “grab” of the national reserves, the territories of indigenous peoples of the lowlands and…
Category: Bolivia
Bolivian legal and informal economies… along with ochlocratic rulings…
Great enlightening article that portrays our Bolivia. Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Differential Yearbook The 21st Century Newsletter has tested a novel ‘differential Yearbook’, a balance which leaves 2013 in the legal sector of the economy and also the illegal. According to the American economist Peter Andreas, to discuss economics only looking at the…
Julieta Bolivar helps homeless people in Chicago
Great news from a great Bolivian: EVERY DECEMBER 25 DISTRIBUTES FOOD AND SHELTER IN THE PLAZA TENOCHTITLAN OF CHICAGO Bolivian gives shelter to homeless people in the United States The Cochabambina Julieta Bolívar and her 3 children share what they have with those in need. For the Bolivian immigrant Julieta Bolívar, the feast of Christmas…
We need to protect Bolivian agriculture, ergo, food security for ALL!!
Pagina Siete reports: THEY INDICATE THAT GREATER INSECURITY CAUSES Anapo notes the new law against land takeovers The producers claim that the norm also affect owners of foreign origin. The Producers Association of Oleaginous and Wheat (Anapo) questioned some of the articles of the law against the subjugation and land traffic and considered that it…
Merry Christmas with the Bolivian picana!!
Wilson Aguilar reports for La Prensa: IT IS A TRADITION THAT COMES FROM THE COLONY THE PICANA, THE QUEEN OF THE TABLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE The traditional dish is the main meal on Christmas Eve. The picana, traditional food inherited from the colonial era, is the Queen of the table on Christmas Eve, says the…
Quinoa for export…? just the name or the actual produce??!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Quinoa for export It’s been the international year of quinoa and has left, a more famous quinoa in the world, but also leaves a problematic legacy: • The price of quinoa in Bolivia is rising despite the efforts of companies to keep stocked the domestic market. • The rest…
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