Juan Leon writes in Pagina Siete: Washing dirty linen at home Brazil’s Lula Da Silva was at the dawn of the Bolivian process of change, one of the most supportive of the Government of Evo Morales’ political allies. The ideological affinity, strengthened by the origins of the union leadership of both rulers, generated a kind…
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Continues the exodus of Bolivians due to lack of employment
An Editorial from El Diario: Exodus of Bolivians due to lack of employment According to the disaggregated data on population and housing of the 2012 census, a total of 487 thousand people Bolivian nationals left the country between 2001 and 2012, adding to the millions who are already living in other countries. The figure is…
Another Bolivian gov accomplishment? “Entire populations engaged in smuggling”
Miguel Angel Melendres reports for El Deber: DIRECTOR OF AHN Gary Medrano: “Entire populations engaged in smuggling” The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) ensures that controls as never before, by the former Superintendency, the ‘downstream’ and ‘upstream’ of the energy chain. Searching to tackle fuel smuggling that goes abroad. Former military and ANH director for more…
The exploitation of non-renewable resources under current Bolivian gov
An Editorial from El Diario: The exploitation of non-renewable resources A picture of mining, hydrocarbons and “industrialization” shows no results as positive as we would like, so the bonanza disseminated by government spokesmen would be in question. In connection with tin – traditional source of income of the country things are not going well. Huanuni…
What to do with the informal economy that destroys Bolivia?
An Editorial from El Diario: Informal economy destroys the country Informal economy or for better words, illicit trade, has been since ancient times, contrary to the interests of nations. Its validity has led the best efforts, dedication to work and production to faint, placing the validity of the convictions on decline or weaken laws; finally,…
Sean Penn punked Ego, a coca grower who’s the occasional president…
Written by Shiryn Ghermezian, from The Algemeiner: Jacob Ostreicher, the Orthodox Jewish American who was held captive in Bolivia for three years, on Sunday revealed details for the first time on how actor Sean Penn helped bring him back to the U.S. last December and personally nursed him to mental and physical health. “I spent…
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