La Razon published today a report on how much it cost to use any of the mobile phone companies in Bolivia. The chart above shows pre-paid rates per minute. There are three companies that have this service; current regulation prevent other companies such as the succesful telephone cooperatives that are nationwide, i.e. COTAS; COTEL et…
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Briefs: strikes, blockades; agriculture; blackouts; TIPNIS
Strikes and blockades: Roads in Tarija are blocked today; the major Workers Union (COB) is calling for a 48 hour strike, starting this Thursday (pending issues with the government); yesterday Cochabamba – La Paz road was blocked near kilometer 7 in Cochabamba as the population did not want a water treatment plant there. Agriculture: Prices for soy;…
Bolivian hearts of palm for export!
Time for positive news! we deserve them, right? Bolivia has exported 20,400 boxes of hearts of palm to Venezuela, totalling a little over half a million dollars! This produce comes from the alternative development efforts that started in late 80’s in the Chapare, when this produce started to be “transferred to agriculturalists in the region….
Bolivia continues to import more food supplies
The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE), has been kind enough to send us an important chart that shows Bolivia continues to import more and more food supplies. The green bars are the value in millions of dollars. The red line shows the volume in thousands of tons. The yellow box reads: “503 thousand tons of…
Bolivian briefs: mining; fires; fexpocruz; Potosi demands
Mining: Bolivia lost the opportunity to produce more when international prices for tin, silver, zinc et al were high. As Pagina Siete reports by comparing the first semester of 2011 with 2010. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-09-27/Economia/NoticiaPrincipal/12Pla00127-09-11-P720110927MAR.aspx Uncontrolled fires: Two new fire sources add to the uncontrolled fire that has been burning for the last 15 days in the Sararenda mountain….
Current Bolivian president is loosing credibility: TIPNIS
This cartoon is from El Dia, it portrays a typical hat from the lowlands of Bolivia (indigenous), being stomped by coca. Violent police repression generated large number of demonstrations in support of the TIPNIS people across the country. This picture is from El Deber (9/27/11), it shows how citizens from Rurrenabaque stopped the intention of transporting over…
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