UNESCO reports: Manuel Olivera Andrade: Young researchers must make their voices heard Manuel Olivera Andrade, young Bolivian researcher, receives the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Monday, 26 October 2015, at UNESCO Headquarters, Room I, at 6:30 pm. The ceremony is part of the…
Category: Economics
Young entrepreneurs reveal their secrets to success
Fernando Rojas reports for El Deber: Young entrepreneurs reveal their secrets to success They confess that their initiatives were the result of ‘hunches’, ‘tincazos’, ‘wildest dreams’ and ideas that shaped in corporations that are now their livelihood. The word crisis does not exist in their terminology and if anything they have in common is that…
Some effects of oil at 50 dollars per barrel
Carlos Miranda writes in Pagina Siete, excerpts follow: Some effects of oil at 50 dollars per barrel … “We must not forget that in 2014 the transnational oil companies demanding a higher price on top of 100 dollars/barrel to continue exploring in search of larger reserves, arguing that the costs of operation and taxes had…
Spain sends four of every 10 dollars in remittances to Bolivia
El Diario reports: Spain sends four of every 10 dollars in remittances to the country The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) reported that family remittances received from abroad, from January to August, grew by 1.2%, compared to the similar period of 2014, representing an amount of $767 million dollars. Only in August remittances totaled $97.3…
History 101: Bolivia had sovereign access to the Pacific: Historical background of the Bolivian Litoral
El Diario brings us this needed information: Historical background of the Bolivian Litoral Certain authorities of Chile supposed that by distorting the truth, they can eliminate the history of Bolivia. They say that Chile can not yield even a millimeter of their territory, they are right. Well, Bolivia never claimed that the neighboring country would…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 