El Deber reports today: Arbitration was initiated by Jindal Steel Bolivia (JSB); and it is an antagonistic signal, said Vice President Álvaro García Linera; who asserted that the Government will assume a legal defense. In turn, the Manager of JSB, Jaime Valencia, expected that the measure does not cause conflict with the Bolivian State. García Linera…
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Toxic fire in Santa Cruz, December 15, 2011
El Dia reports on December 16, 2011 of a fire that lasted over dour hours to be put out: Deposits of a multinational oil company with highly toxic chemicals burned in flames in the southern part of the city. There are no injured people; However, inhalation of these gases could affect the health of residents nearby. Fire…
Some conclusions of government’s gathering brouhaha
Now that the government’s gathering brouhaha is over, La Razon summarized some “conclusions,” link for the whole Spanish article is below: Topics that will go to regional debate Economic Development The construction of the road Villa Tunari-San Ignacio of Moxos was established as a priority. They also agreed to analyze the distribution of oil income [natural…
Bolivian government expenditures and investment priorities
This pie chart is from a very interesting paper made by the Jubileo Foundation, based on 2011 figures which certainly reflects prior years’ priorities and also where this government is leading us… Total budget is distributed as follows: Central government takes 53%; municipalities 19%; decentralized institutions take 12%; Department Governments 9% and state universities 7%….
Insufficient natural gas to meet market demands
El Dia published on December 8, 2011 information about the Bolivian supply of natural gas being insufficient for projects like El Mutun (iron): [You can see the total supply in the colored ‘waves’, representing the gas fields. The line on top of all is the total demand and the down pointing red arrows represents the…
Bolivian export figures, IBCE
Thanks to the work of the Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade IBCE, there is a comparison of Bolivian exports by production groups; for the months January to October, for years 2008 to 2011. By volume in gross kilograms and by value in American dollars: IBCE Electronic By-weekly Bulletin No. 85, December 5, 2011 The…
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