Agencias reports via Pagina Siete: After robbery, senator questions continuity of BU manager The opposition Assemblywoman Carmen Eva Gonzales presented an interpellation against the Minister of Economy and the director of the ASFI. The opposition senator Carmen Eva Gonzales raised an interpellation to the minister of Economy and to the director of the ASFI by…
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NetBits, a Bolivian startup, wins competition and goes to Switzerland
El Deber reports: NetBits, Bolivian startup, wins competition and goes to Switzerland NetBits Business Software, an initiative created by six young Bolivians and offering a software service that provides companies a system of improvements in financial and human resources processes, was awarded the Seedstars Santa Cruz competition. The nomination allows them to participate in the…
This Government has not only showed corruption levels but ineptness as well: keeps maintaining export quotas!
Mauricio Vasquez reports for El Deber: The Government defines at the end of the month whether it allows exports of sugar 20 days after the end of the harvest, Cruceño sugar mills have produced 9.7 million quintals of the product. The figure is 1.2 million quintals greater than that demanded by the domestic market. “We…
Bolivia wants to recover strawberry exports
Fresh Plaza reports: Bolivia wants to recover strawberry exports Five years ago Bolivia stopped exporting the “red gold” – this is what some growers in Comarapa call the strawberry. This fruit is very rich in flavor and in production because it is one of the few that gives fruit throughout the year. According to data…
Notre Dame to host a Young Bolivian Leader: Freddy Poma
Luis Ruuska reports for Notre Dame News, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: Notre Dame to host 10 new Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) fellows The University of Notre Dame will welcome 10 business and social entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean beginning Monday, Oct. 9, for the 2017 Young Leaders of the…
In Bolivia, when the water dries up, so does the economy
Glen Argan reports for National Catholic Reporter: In Bolivia, when the water dries up, so does the economy An abandoned boat lies several hundred feet from the shore of Lake Poopo in late August, testimony to the disappearance of the lake and the salt flats that remain in Llapallapani, Bolivia. Lake Poopo dried up three…
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