I din’t think we could have expected more from OAS, however there is frustration over international organizations, sometimes they are “too damm diplomatic” and respond only to current government’s wishes; after all they are the ones who authorize payments for OAS operating costs, and this is one case. Put yourself in the shoes of the…
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How efficient is current central Bolivian government?
Current political party in government is over six years in power, the current leader for the chapare coca growers, who is also our president keeps saying he is learning about the problems, about the solutions; in fact he shows a peculiar style to “market” himself to the people who are willing to take his word….
Pride, cockiness and/or failure, incompetence of current government’s performance regarding the TIPNIS
This Editorial is from Los Tiempos: THE PRIDE, A BAD COUNSELOR The decision of the authorities of the Government does not meet the demand for dialogue raised by the members of the indigenous 9th March in defense of the indigenous territory of the Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS), joins a series of posturing that, since…
Can a Bolivian state-owned enterprise be competitive?!
Aline Quispe writes for La Razon: They reveal that it was paid more than half for Papelbol This information was revealed yesterday by Erbol Digital, which had access to the research papers that indicate that the technical assessment made by the consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) points out that the “real price of the factory” Papelbol –…
Peruvian incongruence regarding Bolivian heavy load transport services
It is hard to understand what is going on in the minds of the Peruvian government regarding their sudden reaction against Bolivian trucks in their territory, Pagina Siete reports: Around 280 trucks, most of them with soy cargo, are detained in Desaguadero at risk of being seized in Peruvian territory due to the Customs INTA…
Jindal – El Mutun: A chronicle of a death foretold?!
For those of you not following earlier posts on this subject, will realize that this venture was doomed from the beginning: lack of enforcing contractual terms from day one on both sides; not-so-clear contract awarding to Jindal; and a highly visible political issue between Santa Cruz and central government. Walter Vasquez reports for La Razon:…
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