Susana Seleme writes in El Deber: More about political scams The head of the regime, Evo Morales believes that the empowerment of some popular sectors, plus wealth distribution via bonds – without creating productive and stable social coverage – is sufficient presentation letter to appear as a Democrat. He does not mind that much of…
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Bolivian Economics 101: Current Bolivian gov’s economic manifestations
An Editorial from El Diario: The “plural economy” and their avatars It is possible that in the countries of the contemporary world, it has never been known the term “plural economy” much less ever attempted to implement it. The great economists and politicians who appeared during the nineteenth century never made any reference to that…
Smuggled junk vehicles, demagogue… sounds familiar? Just current gov’s “accomplishments”
An Editorial from El Deber: Undocumented vehicles According to the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), in the country there are circulating 12,000 undocumented vehicles, but according to the National Customs agency, there are only 500. These data show, first, a huge margin of discrepancy between two State offices, which could be very serious if it would…
Bolivia Tourism 101: River Dolphins!
Few people realize that there are river dolphins and Bolivia has them! Come and visit. This news from the Guardian.com has come to my attention by La Ruta del Bufeo, as we are FB friends: Spotting river dolphins in Bolivia by Ed Stocker The bufeo (river dolphin) is a creature of myth, but you’re pretty much…
Bolivian government cannot rule in Yapacani, thanks to cocaine and anarchy!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: The withdrawal from Yapacani It is probable that the FARC have come to control Colombian territory with the same method now used by narco traffickers in Bolivia, gradually forcing the State to give up, to withdraw from large areas. The Government was just forced to withdraw its project of…
In lieu of another “corrupt” Bolivian presidential election, we MUST UNITE!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: The hour of unity October 12 will be the presidential election. We understand the difficulties that opposition has to gather and face a gale from the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), which destroys everything leaving only scorched earth and are still celebrating their victories with unprecedented management orgies. We will…
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