An Editorial from El Diario: Poverty, underdevelopment and lack of employment Due to the high international prices of gas, minerals and some commodities that we export, our income in foreign currency have risen considerably compared to what happened until eight or more years ago. That kind of surplus has allowed that the country has very…
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Bolivian taxes 101
Juan Jose Toro Montoya writes for Los Tiempos: Taxes The State is the common house and, as all home, need money to support itself. That is the simplest explanation for the existence of taxes or taxes that are not anything other than the payments we make the inhabitants of the common house to keep it…
Will justice prevail? How expensive it gets not to have a solid economic policy in Bolivia
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: A fireproof test If there is or there is no legal assurances in the country, will surely be known now, with the decision of Justice in favor of La Paz factory SOBOCE by the case of the expropriation of shares of the Chuquisaca Fancesa cement factory. The mentioned decision…
Bolivian sociopolitical conundrum: indigenous doctrines, decolonization?!
H. C. F. Mansilla superbly describes our lives, from El Dia: Decolonization and the sanctity of hatred The doctrines of decolonization in the Andean area see themselves as theoretical frameworks, basically progressives and leftists, consecrated at the same time to the socialist thought and the revitalization of a communitarianism humanist immersed in pre-Hispanic indigenous traditions….
Bolivian public safety 101: death and violence in Santa Cruz have tripled this 2013
Insecurity, violent crimes never seen in Santa Cruz and Bolivia, something is wrong and we must tackle this with more resources, long term plan and not engage in cheap electoral practices… Triple death and violence figures in 2013 Analysts agree to observe that the drug causes more bloody facts. They demand immediate action. The Office…
Injustice and corruption in Bolivia: Human Rights Practices for 2012
El Dia reports on human rights issues, as reported by the US Department of State, please find full report below : Report on human rights There is injustice and corruption in Bolivia, according to U.S. Report. There are arbitrary arrests and detentions, and there are no fair public trials. There are restrictions on the freedom…
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