El Diario reports: Non-traditional production does not increase Government without horizon for exports The IDB launched a proposal for a Latin American Free Trade Agreement and Bolivian businessmen say they are willing to take on challenges Neighboring countries move to increase the sale of manufactured products to the world market and Bolivia continues to prioritize…
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Lava Jato in Bolivia: Boon or Bane for Evo Morales?
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Will an inquiry into Bolivia’s potential ties to the massive Lava Jato bribery scandal help Evo Morales, or derail his bid for a fourth presidential term? Next month, Bolivian lawmakers will issue a much-anticipated report on the country’s ties to the massive Lava Jato (Operation Carwash) bribery scandal. When President Evo Morales…
Entrepreneurs say that Government intends to detract criticism
El Diario reports: ECLAC growth and forecasts The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (Cepb), lamented that the Ministry of Economy intends to use a topic as sensitive as the ECLAC analysis on the state of the Latin American economy, as an argument to disqualify the claim of the private sector on the accuracy of…
Evo Morales, indigenous icon, loses support among Bolivia’s native people
Caroline Stauffer reports for Reuters: DWINDLING SUPPORT: President Evo Morales once enjoyed the backing of most of Bolivia’s native peoples. But after 12 years in office, and judicial plays to end term limits, many indigenous Bolivians are now wary of Morales. REUTERS/David Mercado CHARAGUA, Bolivia—In 12 years as president of South America’s poorest country, Evo…
A demagogue second Christmas bonus, simply shows how evo’s panicking!
An excellent Editorial from El Diario, photo “arrangement” is provided by Bolivian Thoughts: 4.5% GDP does not guarantee growth The case of a probable payment of the second Christmas bonus, in spite of the crisis that the country is going through, causes concern not only in the business sector but in the population in general….
Chepete and El Bala dams outline evo’s character: he is NOT pro environment NOR indigenous rights!
From the Ecologist: Development and duplicity in the case of the Chepete and El Bala dams Two proposed hydroelectric dams in Bolivia are set to create a serious socio-ecological calamity. They are emblematic of the injustices that have been a consistent feature of the Morales government. JONATHAN ELWELL investigates The decades-old developmental fantasy of using…
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