Editorial, El Diario: Low possibility of economic improvement Government authorities affirmed that the national economy weakened during the government of Jeanine Áñez, that the current situation is critical but that the system will be reactivated, dictating urgent measures to improve public consumption, which would determine an improvement of the productive apparatus and the economy in…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Moody’s expects 3% of GDP in the future and alerts high debt – Moody’s prevé un 3% de PIB a futuro y alerta elevada deuda
Pagina Siete: The challenge is to pay off the debt, raise the NIRs and control the deficit, the firm said. The Risk Rating Agency Moody’s Investor Service, forecasts that economic growth in Bolivia this year will recover above 4%, but in the future it will stand at 3% and warns of risks regarding the high…
The European Parliament Called For The Release Of Janine Anez In Bolivia: “We Are Watching With Horror A Wave Of Political Persecution”
Aygen Marsh, Amico Hoops: From the file: An extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on July 23, 2020 (Reuters / Francois Lenoir) The majority of members of the European Parliament condemned on Thursday the arrest of former Bolivian interim President Janine Anez He asked the Bolivian authorities to release him, his two…
Now against the European Union – Ahora contra la Unión Europea
Editorial, El Deber: In this incessant search for ‘enemies’ to blame for all the evils and discredit critical voices, Evo Morales and those close to him have been developing a national campaign with visits to the provinces and meetings with almost the same emphasis as during the last electoral campaigns. The most recent ‘enemy’ identified…
Illegal forest clearing and mining concessions – Desmontes y concesiones mineras ilegales
ANF, Los Tiempos: Protected areas face clearing and mining concessions, park rangers denounce Protected Areas face serious problems of clearing plans and “invasion” of mining concessions, with scarce economic resources, without sufficient personnel and with a general director of the National Service of Protected Areas (Sernap) who has no commitment to these areas, but with…
Land Trafficking Fuels Constant Corruption in Bolivia
InSight Crime: The arrest of a Bolivian minister for alleged bribery related to land trafficking highlights how this practice has fueled corruption in the country time and time again. Last week, Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo announced that his cabinet colleague and the Minister for Rural Development and Land, Edwin Ronald Characayo Villega, had been arrested along…
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