From a Brazilian newspaper, Correio do Estado: Bolivia clogs Brazil with cocaine and PF seizes more 700 kilos This is the second largest seizure of drugs, in less than a month in MS. [State of Matto Grosso do Sul] With the wide open border, traffickers in Bolivia are clogging Brazil with cocaine, pouring in the…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Bolivian Human Rights 101: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights
From Human Rights Watch: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights Recent Laws on Child Labor, Justice, Free Expression Need Revision DECEMBER 15, 2014 (New York) – Bolivia should amend several laws that undermine the rights to freedom of association and expression, due process guarantees, and children’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter…
Construction Cranes Dot a Bolivian Skyline; Will Growth Continue?
From The Wall Street: REAL ESTATE Construction Cranes Dot a Bolivian Skyline; Will Growth Continue? An Economic Growth Spurt Ignites a Real-Estate Boom, Fueling Some Concern. By MARTIN AROSTEGUI – Updated Dec. 16, 2014 10:04 p.m. ET Bolivia, one of Latin America’s poorest countries, is experiencing a spurt in economic growth that has ignited a boom…
How can we manage illegality in today’s Bolivia?
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Manage illegality There is an area of the end of year balance, that will probably be bypassed by officers and employees of the Government. It is a balance that would help understand the pride of the Minister of Economy and his covered, concealed or re-covered helpers. Should be called:…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
Working attitudes and performance of political appointees under the MAS
One of my readers sent me the pictures and told me about this “experience”… The following photos illustrate how regular, plain political appointees do “their job” under existing ruling ochlocracy’s watch… our money, our taxes and all that wastefulness! This happened in one Bolivian airport at one of the three most important cities. “Getting ready…”…
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