Santa Cruz private sector priorities for 2012

El Deber reports about the Santa Cruz private sector priorities in the economic agenda with current government: Food sovereignty In addition to expand the agricultural frontier with traditional products such as soy, corn, rice and sugar cane, they will intensify the crops of vegetables and varieties of potato in several areas of the region. In…

Jindal’s seeking arbitrage against Bolivian government

El Deber reports today: Arbitration was initiated by Jindal Steel Bolivia (JSB); and it is an antagonistic signal, said Vice President Álvaro García Linera; who asserted that the Government will assume a legal defense. In turn, the Manager of JSB, Jaime Valencia, expected that the measure does not cause conflict with the Bolivian State. García Linera…

Bolivian wines: high altitude vineyards = great wine!!

Los Tiempos reports on high quality Bolivian wines; their mainly from Tarija department, the picture to the right was taken by Carlos Lopez; Ximena Gareca displays the wines; an article written by Gary Rojas: Wines and singanis of Tarija conquered (in a short time and with specific qualities such as the aroma, flavor and technology)…

Tourism figures for 2011, welcome to Bolivia!!

The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE) has published on december 15, 2011 its biweekly report No.87, Tourism inflow to beautiful Bolivia: This industry has grown by 83% in the period of 2001-2010. Increase happened in great part attributed to our exceptional biodiversity; the following chart lists tourists by countries of origin; figures are in millions of…

Some conclusions of government’s gathering brouhaha

Now that the government’s gathering brouhaha is over, La Razon summarized some “conclusions,” link for the whole Spanish article is below: Topics that will go to regional debate Economic Development The construction of the road Villa Tunari-San Ignacio of Moxos was established as a priority. They also agreed to analyze the distribution of oil income [natural…

Despite all, remittances grew by 11%, thanks to Bolivians abroad!

This is from today’s Pagina Siete: In the first ten months of the year, remittances received by relatives of residents abroad grew by 11%, compared to similar period of 2010, according to data of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB).Until October they reached $853,9 million dollars, while in countries such as Spain there is an…