Humberto Vacaflor wonderfully describes current Bolivian economic and political reality, El Diario: Crude reality To find out that there are crises you have two options: to see the real statistics or to listen to the whistles and the repudiation of the people. The government has had both signals this week: the Minister of Economy revealed…
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Bolivia exports chestnuts to Europe through an alternative route
Fresh Plaza reports: Bolivia exports chestnuts to Europe through an alternative route Bolivia began exporting chestnut to European markets via an alternative route through Brazil, so as to reduce the time it takes to transport the product there, the Northern Exporters’ Chamber (Cadexnor) told Prensa Latina. According to the president of Cadexnor, Agustin Vargas, the…
Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road?
Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road? Six years after massive protests halted plans for a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, Bolivian President Evo Morales has promulgated a new law “de-protecting” the reserve and allowing construction of the road. On August 13, President Evo Morales promulgated a new…
Opposing Transgenic Foods in Bolivia
Maria Julia Jimenez reports for Slow Food: Opposing Transgenic Foods in Bolivia Like the rest of the continent and the world, Bolivia has not escaped the process of globalization that has shortened distances, brought information to the masses and turned local populations into consumers, imposing a global culture that marginalizes local identities. In tandem with…
Pineapple sales generate more than 20 million dollars in Bolivia
Fresh Plaza reports: Pineapple sales generate more than 20 million dollars in Bolivia Bolivia has earned more than 20 million dollars so far this year from sales of pineapple production, stated the director of the National Fund for Integral Development, Erlan Oropeza. That figure comes from the marketing of this product in the national market,…
Bolivia approves controversial highway in Amazon biodiversity hotspot
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Bolivia approves controversial highway in Amazon biodiversity hotspot Major 190-mile road will strip national park and home to thousands of indigenous people of its protected status, making it vulnerable to deforestation. Bolivia has given the go ahead to a controversial highway which would cut through an Amazon biodiversity hotspot…
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