Andres Oppenheimer writes in The Miami Herald: Authoritarian leaders breed corruption BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER AOPPENHEIMER@MIAMIHERALD.COM What’s most amazing about the arrest in Miami of Bolivia’s top anti-corruption police official, caught on tape extorting a bribe from a well-known businessman, was that hardly anybody was surprised by the news. Corruption by top officials of Bolivia, Ecuador,…
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Bolivia is still among the least competitive countries, according to the WEF
AFP reports in El Dia: It is in the 98 place among 148 countries Bolivia is still among the least competitive countries, according to the WEF Competitiveness stagnates in Latin America, the country is not the worst in the region but it is far from improving the indices Latin America continues to have low rates…
A very serious dilemma and probable wrongful precedent against the nature of our National Parks
Hilton Heredia reports for El Deber: THE SERNAP WARNS HARDLINE Deforestation of 7 km in the Kaa Iya Park opens controversy They vetoed the cement project, worth $160 million of the mining group. Cattle growers see threats to the country’s largest reserve. The ABT is investigating. The mining company defends itself. Contravention to environmental legislation….
Facts about Bolivian claim to recover OUR sea coast, Chile must deliver!
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: Hard-hitting book about the dispute with Chile From the year 1904, when Ismael Montes’ “liberal” Government signed the peace treaty with Chile, an average of three books were published each year and pamphlets of strong protest against the one-sided agreement. Since then, a total of more than 300 allegations…
Bolivian political reality forces us to howl!!
Maggy Talavera writes in El Deber, a vivid description of how bad Bolivian citizens are enduring current central government, and they seek an illegitimate re-re-election… It is time to howl… I still do not absorb the horror of the bomb that exploded at the Palmasola prison. It still overwhelms me the resignation of Raúl Peñaranda…
Some wrongdoings of current Bolivian government’s ineptness
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Governmental bungling Thank goodness that this time it was J. R. Quintana, the most rejected character and the least credible of the Government (not without reason) that lashed out at Pagina Siete, which he accused of being a pro-Chilean newspaper; accused him, awkwardly, to have giving space to the…
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