A fine article written by Humberto Vacaflor G. and published in HoyBolivia.com: President Evo Morales speaks in public every day, more than once, but hates journalism. Like that, there are other conflicting attitudes of his excellency that should concern everyone, because supposedly he rules for everyone, not just for the coca growers. On Monday he met…
Category: Energy
Bolivia needs to find more gas & oil
Milenio Foundation has published their report No129 dated January 13, 2012. As it can be seen in the chart to the right, Bolivia has been neglecting exploration of hydrocarbons, and that is absolutely irresponsible!! The blue line shows how irrelevant and absurd is the amount of million dollars assigned for exploration. The green line shows…
Energy industry led by Apple may abandon lithium and in Bolivia we are still digressing…
Pagina Siete made public Apple company’s emerging technology which may take all our hopes away… The manufacturer of Apple tablets announces it will patent two batteries/stacks of fuel for their products, jeopardizing the development of the lithium market; However, the Government said that the theme does not worry them and progress will be made in the…
Quo Vadis Bolivian government?
Certainly that is a very intriguing question for 2012. This cartoon appeared in El Diario, January 3, 2012. Where is the Bolivian government going to???? Since this political party and current coca-grower and president started to govern, back in 2006, there are many of the “original” members of this government who are no longer there….
Bolivia’s lithium to power electric cars
CCTV [links below are from CNTV] and Dan Collyns report from Uyuni, Potosi – Bolivia: Bolivia set to exploit vast lithium reserve 12-31-2011 08:00 BJT Hidden underneath an enormous extinct salt lake in Bolivia lies the world’s biggest untapped supply of lithium. The country’s president Evo Morales has pledged the exploitation of the mineral will…
Increased arbitrage as a signal of…?
Pagina Siete reports about the increased number of request for arbitrage in Bolivia: According to the center of conciliation and arbitration of Cainco (CCAC), the requests for arbitration and conciliation between parties in conflict have increased in recent years. The Executive Director of that institution, Claudia Paccieri, states that “more and more are the cases…
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