This statement summarizes what former elected Vice-President Victor Hugo Cardenas said, in a radio program –Panamericana- on Sunday August 7, 2011: Governmental messages leave a feeling of uncertainty and confrontation. Cardenas said that the messages from the authorities during the National festivities and the Army anniversary leave a sensation of uncertainty and confrontation, and also…
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Bolivia can and should increase its tourism industry!
An interesting analysis appeared in Pagina Siete, August 7, 2011, by Gonzalo Chavez, an interesting article about how can we and should, increase our Tourism Industry. In 2010, around 600 thousand tourists came to Bolivia and expended around 350 million dollars. Peru on the other hand received two million visitors and “left” two billion dollars. Chile and Costa Rica reported similar…
New hotel accommodations in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Santa Cruz de la Sierra is regarded as the most entrepreneurial, beautiful city in Bolivia and that is correct!!! People who come here, I heard them say, “this looks like the Caribbean, where is the sea?” It appears that this part of Bolivia resembles those idyllic touristic places that most Americans and Europeans like so…
Increasing violence and crime, Bolivia 2011
This cartoon appeared in El Diario, August 4, 2011. It shows two smiling thieves, a frightened citizen and two policemen passing by with filing folders under their arms. One of the thieves says: “shss, don’t yell, they will not notice you, can’t you see they are desk police?” Crime and violence have been scalating in Bolivia….
Bolivian GNP, a comparison from 2008 to 2010
The Bolivian Gross National Product – GNP (PIB in Spanish) shows that La Paz is still above Santa Cruz department, in economic terms. The graph is self-explanatory (Pagina Siete, August 5, 2011), shows in three different colors for three years the GNP per department. In the upper right corner, there is a “reference” box and colored the…
In Bolivia: Hectic month during June 2011!!
127 social conflicts in Bolivia, were recorded in June 2011!!! UNIR Foundation registered those social unrest clashes. Their report notices the “significant” participation of women. Many of the June conflicts share a common element: “existence of social demands for access to resources and means of subsistence; as evidenced by the controversies for the control over…
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