ANF reports for Los Tiempos: The governor of Tarija Adrián Oliva warned today that Tarija will not allow oil exploitation in the Tariquía National Flora and Fauna Reserve, a governmental intention that is questioned by the local community. “The population of the department does not accept the oil exploitation in Tariquía, it will not be…
Category: Energy
Elections and gas [… and how evident becomes evo’s lies, his incompetence!]
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Economics of words The government is now facing a dilemma that puts it in the dilemma of choosing between morality and politics, with the case of the well Boyuy X-2. According to Siglo 21, in the deepest well in the history of the oil industry (7,963 meters), only water…
Discrepancies about “sea of gas” in Boyuy X2
El Diario reports: “Production tests” continue Production costs will decide profitability of gas extraction, according to analyst Mauricio Medinaceli Several experts and opposition leaders questioned the insufficient information offered by the Government on the gas that will produce the Boyuy X2 well in Tarija, for which they demand transparency to know if the drilling of…
The controversial referendum to revive Bolivia’s Rositas dam
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: China’s loans/investments/contracts in Bolivia are tainted with the obscure relationship the Chinese had with evo, the autocrat. Beginning with the Zapata affaire, the numerous cases of Bolivian personnel being mistreated by Chinese supervisors, the atrocious effect on our biodiversity and wildlife, like the illegal hunting of Bolivian Jaguars for their fangs, the…
So Much Gas, So Few Allies Spells Trouble in Populist Nation [evo, you’re done!]
Laura Millan Lombrana, Jonathan Gilbert, and Sabrina Valle report for Bloomberg: South America’s only successful populist government has triumphed largely thanks to the natural gas it exports to its neighbors. But that may soon be changing. Contracts with Bolivia’s biggest customers — Brazil and Argentina — are in the process of being renegotiated at a time when…
After failures to attract investments, what?
An Editorial from El Diario: The government, with a view to obtaining investments, on both the part of United States, England, Germany and Canada, organized meetings with businessmen and capitalists in each capital of those countries and tried to encourage them and give them assurances so that they invest financial capital, technology and human capital…
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