Pagina Siete reports: THEIR CREATIONS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ABROAD BY “BULGARI” 700 young goldsmiths launch Gala, their own brand of jewelry Teens of La Paz, Oruro, Potosi and Santa Cruz are trained by skilled craftsmen. With support from Save the Children, aimed at export. At 16, Santa Cruz born, Nicole Illanes divides her time between…
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Bolivia’s food security in peril; flour imports continue to increase!
Bolivia loses control of our food security, our producers are constrained with quotas, there is little if any protection for the investor, too many road/street blockades and rampaging anarchy. Those are a result of the incompetence of current ochlocracy in government. Bolivia needs to produce more wheat, needs to decrease the amount of imports and…
Bolivia leaves the leadership in forest certification
One of USAID/Bolivia’s most rewarding project was BOLFOR, it helped realize that our forest is more than mahogany, as more indigenous species were used and the term “sustainable forestry” was first known here. The statistics at that time showed that a hectare and a half of virgin forest were lost to find one mahogany tree,…
Flooding in Beni, may have caused thousands of fish to die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen
El Deber reports: BENI Thousands of fish die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen Experts suspect that the cause of death of the shoal is due to pollution from the remains of dead animals after the floods earlier this year. Dead fish cover an area of 5 kilometers. A committee of the Governorate…
The cycle of high mineral prices are over, analysts say … what will the ruling demagogues say now?!
Lidia Mamani reports for Pagina Siete: NOW THERE IS VOLATILITY, BUT STABILITY IS EXPECTED IN COMING YEARS The cycle of high mineral prices are over, analysts say In the 80s, prices collapsed after years of crisis, since 2005, there was an increase and high peaks. In recent years there have been ups and downs. The…
Bolivia is set to launch franchises to the global market
Luis Escobar reports for Pagina Siete: DEVELOP LOCAL TRADE SURPLUS WITH EXPANSION POTENTIAL Bolivia is set to launch franchises to the global market National companies and products adopt a similar business model corporations which entered the market recently. The country is set to launch the world market franchises or business models for success. About 40…
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