El Diario reports: Peru detects 222 flights of Bolivian narco-planes • In three months, national aircraft entered Peruvian territory to load 77 tons of drugs, according to a lawmaker from Peru. A report by the Anti-Drug Directorate reveals that 13 flights a day depart from the Peruvian jungle to eastern Bolivia. Ollanta Umala government approved…
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Thanks to the masismo, Bolivia can rest in its laurels…
Current Bolivian government has created a new name and constitution for Bolivia… it has also boosted narco trafficking, anarchy, public official corruption, smuggling and lynching… So, no wonder the world had to come up with a video game that takes place in Bolivia… it is a shame and absolute disappointment on what those self-labelled populist,…
Bolivian gov and the truth… Brazilian engineer sheds new light on Michael Dwyer killing
The Irish Times reports: Brazilian engineer sheds new light on Michael Dwyer killing Marcos Brandt said there was no shootout as claimed by Bolivian police. A Brazilian engineer who was on the same floor of the Santa Cruz hotel when Michael Dwyer was shot dead by police in 2009 has emerged to contradict the Bolivian…
Ways to detect counterfeits in Bolivia
Zulma Camacho reports for Opinion: There are at least three ways to counterfeit notes for which there are ways to identify and avoid falling into the trap. Ten ways to detect counterfeits in Bolivia Alfredo Saavedra, course facilitator on detection of counterfeits, offers 10 tips to avoid falling into the trap of counterfeiters. But you…
What is needed in Bolivia? Coca crops or textiles…?
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Coca crops or textiles When the government announced the dismissal of workers of the National Textile Corporation (Enatex), it should be disclosed for reasons of national accounting and awareness, the number of jobs that illegal coca has created in the country. Because, as everyone knows, the company that now…
Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence
Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence The death of María Isabel Pillco illustrates how far the country has to go in changing a culture of domestic abuse April 30, 2015 5:00AM ET by Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia — María Isabel Pillco’s body lay on a table in the city morgue. A doctor was conducting an…
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