AP reports for Yahoo news: Bolivia leader asks probe of ex-girlfriend’s contracts LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says he’s asking government auditors to investigate contracts given to a Chinese company that employs a former girlfriend. Morales denies any wrongdoing in the more than $400 million worth of state contracts with China…
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The folly of “awarding” contracts without complying with Bolivian law
The folly of “awarding” contracts without complying with the law, El Diario reports: Sinohydro company history Between 2013 and 2015, the Chinese company Sinohydro won four projects in Bolivia for $851 million dollars. A report by ANF notes that they had a history in Ecuador for improper performance of works. – In December 2012, they…
Bolivian president fends off corruption claims: ‘We have nothing to hide’
AFP reports for The Guardian: Bolivian president fends off corruption claims: ‘We have nothing to hide’ Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has fended off corruption allegations, demanding investigations to show he has “nothing to hide”, as he prepares for a vote that could help extend his term. Morales’s opponents have accused him of influence-peddling linked to…
The CBN starts exporting Paceña beer to Mexico
Maria Mena reports for Pagina Siete: The Company sells abroad 2% of its production The CBN starts exporting Paceña beer to Mexico CBN currently exported to Chile, Spain, United States, China and England. Seeks to be among the top 10 brands in the world. The institutional manager of the Bolivian National Brewery (CBN), Ivo Blazicevic,…
Rousseff open to idea of Brazil-Bolivia rail link
EFE REPORTS FOR FocNews Latino: Rousseff open to idea of Brazil-Bolivia rail link Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Tuesday after a meeting with Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales that her government is willing to study a project to build a railroad between the Atlantic coast of her country and Bolivia. “We decided to make a study…
Bolivia: Lost decade II
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diaro: Lost decade II The country received in the last ten years US $150,000 million, amount exceeding 20 times that received over the previous decade. That was the result that the price of an ounce of gold troy has passed from 337 to 1,147 dollars on average between those two…
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