Development dilemma? It certainly proved elsewhere, value added to primary commodities will bring wealth to a nation. El Diario publishes this interesting reality… To the detriment of higher levels of growth Extraction model does not lead to the productive according to economists In the case of the cooperative mining companies, there is the need for…
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Santa Cruz is competitive and produces, despite its detractors!
Milenio Foundation released a very interesting report, No.163, September 14, 2012: Santa Cruz economy, Bolivia sustainable growth Santa Cruz economy continues to be the first to contribute to the growth of the GDP, with 27.1 per cent, although it continues to decline their participation. Its exports exceeded $2,120 million in 2011, surpassing levels reached in…
Are road/street blockades an ‘acceptable’ political action?
Of course not, however, our beautiful Bolivia had to endure this nuisance for more than we care to remember… Mamfredo Kempff writes a very well descriptive article in El Diario: Blocked! The signs of admiration in the heading of this note, does not correspond, they are in excess. They would be needed if the blockades…
Fire season in Bolivia or simple stupidity?!
It puzzles and infuriates me when this time of the year comes and our beautiful country fills with smoke of controlled and uncontrolled fires… slush and burn practices continue, systematically damaging our health, our environment… ALL government (national, regional, municipal) fail to take appropriate action! Manuel Filomeno reports for Pagina Siete: In a single day,…
Bolivia: stories of an “inter-cultural” flight
This fine article, written by Monica Olmos and published in Los Tiempos, shows the tip of the iceberg, it happens all over our beautiful Bolivia… and certainly does not help to ease the antagonism and intolerance that continues to build-up ever since current government assumed power… Stories of an “inter-cultural” flight Boarding an airplane becomes…
Major Bolivian Union (COB) calls for a strike, today!
Bolivians seem not to understand that there are other mechanism for negotiation and dialogue… This government continues to lead, through history, with the government with more strikes and blockades in Bolivian history. Bad public policies, lack of enforcing private property rights, and some ‘allies’ to current political party in power use road blockades and strikes…
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