Los Tiempos reports: COLONIAL ART Ernesto Ortiz Silverware A twenty year old Ernesto Ortiz, a native of Arani, began collecting works of art from the colonial period and seeing the demand and that these were not merely reproduced, he launched into production mainly of embossed silver and other religious objects. “I liked to collect colonial…
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Bolivia fails to calculate inflation data… on purpose?!
El Diario reports: They do not represent the reality Jubilee questions INE inflation data The Jubilee Foundation has questioned, again, the parameters of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Bolivia, used by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to calculate inflation and said they did not represent the reality of the country. In the middle of…
What are we doing to restore Titicaca Lake?
La Prensa reports: Daily fish, frogs and other amphibians are dying They will recover the lake with Bs3,000 million At least Bs3,000 million will be invested to implement the recovery plan for Lake Titicaca. “So far, from what we have collected from metropolitan plans, development plans, we have seen the need for about Bs3,000 million,…
Bolivian government contradicts themselves?! … or is it part of their electoral show?
El Diario reports: Observed contradictions in economic matters Economists believe that there is confusion because the finance minister is more optimistic than the president. Economists noted contradictions between the statements of President of the State, Evo Morales, and Economy Minister Luis Arce, on the economic situation of Bolivia. For the industry sector, it is a…
A fact in the Bolivia of “the change”: Government policies allow smuggling
El Diario reports: Analyst says Government policies allow smuggling The analyst Ivan Arias said that repeated policy of “let be and let pass” [laissez faire – laissez passer] in the field of smuggling has made informal trade to be the only important activity in some populations of the country apart from agricultural production. “It’s a…
Against perpetuity of the coca grower in the Bolivian presidency
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: Against perpetuity In fact H.E. [His Excellency], has already accepted his fourth presidential candidacy. For that to happen, he has outrageously lied to Bolivia, first in 2009 and then last year when he publicly stated that he would not mediate electorally. He lied, but the crime is he ignored…
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