El Deber reports: Argentina was the main Bolivian banana market in 2016 Nine out of ten bananas produced for export were destined for the Argentine territory, according to IBCE data. Argentina was the main market for bananas produced in Bolivia in 2016, concentrating 96.4% of fruit exports, the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE) reported…
Category: Economics
Useless and demagogue gov fails again! Now with employees and businesses!
This cartoon from La Razon [03/29/2017] outlines the real nature of the coca grower’s caudillo government: Letting go people from a job, with notice or without ,,,, is more complicated than this ochlocracy could have ever thought possible … This is only a reflection of the “capacity” to govern … they are more interested in remaining…
Three Camargo communities disappear because of floods
El Dia reports: Three Camargo communities disappear because of floods The authorities of the municipality have not yet been able to specify the number of families affected. Camargo’s Mayor Valentín Cruz said on Friday that three communities in the 11 and 14 districts of that municipality had disappeared because of the floods and announced that…
Desperate coca grower’s gov is seeking new ways to tax us!
El Diario reports: 2017 Pilot Economic Census The director of the National Statistical Institute (INE), Luis Pereira, informed that from the first days of April will be launched the pilot test of the 2017 Economic Census in three departments of the country. The consultation will serve to update information of the sector, under the concept…
JICA and Bolivia sign $552 million loan for Laguna Colorada geothermal project
Alexander Richter reports for Think Geo Energy: JICA and Bolivia sign $552 million loan for Laguna Colorada geothermal project Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the government of Bolivia have signed a $552 million loan agreement for the construction of the Laguna Colorada Geothermal Power Project in Bolivia. As reported today, the Japan International Cooperation…
Growing coca in Bolivia polluted our environment!
This cartoon from El Diario, depicts two people talking about questioning the fact that growing coca goes against Mother Nature. Coca crops, leaves, is used to make cocaine: damage sour soil, causes deforestation and lack of water. On top of that this government also threatens our environment y trying to push a dam in El Bala…
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