From El Diario: MAS aims to control ‘environmental” NGOs The Senator of the movement toward socialism (MAS), Eugenio Rojas, reported yesterday that the Government does not rule out the control of the “environmental” non governmental organizations (NGOs)”, since they want to “grab” of the national reserves, the territories of indigenous peoples of the lowlands and…
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Bolivian legal and informal economies… along with ochlocratic rulings…
Great enlightening article that portrays our Bolivia. Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Differential Yearbook The 21st Century Newsletter has tested a novel ‘differential Yearbook’, a balance which leaves 2013 in the legal sector of the economy and also the illegal. According to the American economist Peter Andreas, to discuss economics only looking at the…
We need to protect Bolivian agriculture, ergo, food security for ALL!!
Pagina Siete reports: THEY INDICATE THAT GREATER INSECURITY CAUSES Anapo notes the new law against land takeovers The producers claim that the norm also affect owners of foreign origin. The Producers Association of Oleaginous and Wheat (Anapo) questioned some of the articles of the law against the subjugation and land traffic and considered that it…
Quinoa for export…? just the name or the actual produce??!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Quinoa for export It’s been the international year of quinoa and has left, a more famous quinoa in the world, but also leaves a problematic legacy: • The price of quinoa in Bolivia is rising despite the efforts of companies to keep stocked the domestic market. • The rest…
Ruling against illegal take overs is for real? part of a campaign? payoff?
ANF reports in Los Tiempos: DERIVE STANDARD TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Senate approves law against subjugation The Senate last night passed the Bill against land take overs and was derived to the lower House for examination and treatment. The Senator of the movement toward socialism (MAS), David Sanchez, reported that the maximum sanction against…
An intolerant, unilateral, demagogue Bolivian gov
ANF reports on current gov’s intolerance due to its totalitarian style… GOVERNMENT EXPELLED THE DANISH NGO “IBIS” FROM BOLIVIA IBIS worked in recent years with organizations such as the National Council of Ayllus and Markas of the Qullasuyu (Conamaq) and the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (Cidob), whose members would have been RECEIVING funding and…
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