Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom

Reuters reports through Yahoo news: Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia and Russia’s state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom said on Sunday they had signed a provisional agreement for the construction of $300 million nuclear complex in the Andean nation. Under the terms of the accord, which needs…

Scandal-Plagued Bolivia Trumpets Drug Seizure Figures

From InSight Crime: Scandal-Plagued Bolivia Trumpets Drug Seizure Figures Written by Arron Daugherty Bolivia’s government has touted an increase in drug seizures as a sign of improving interdiction capabilities, while an ongoing scandal involving President Evo Morales continues to unfold. In the first two months of 2016, Bolivia’s Special Fighting Force Against Drug Trafficking (Fuerza…

Due to lack of coherent policies, the castana [chestnut] market faces saturation

Roxana Villa reports for El Deber: Chestnut crisis facing market saturation The markets for the Bolivian product [castaña] are closing, due to the import of nearly 6,000 tons of Brazilian almond. The sector calls for more regulation. Despite the $192 million dollars generated by the export of chestnut [bertholletia excelsa] in 2015, the northern Amazon…

Evo Morales denies running a narco state. Mounting evidence suggests otherwise.

Mary A. O’Grady writes for The Wall Street Journal: The Bolivia-Jihadist Axis of Cocaine Evo Morales denies running a narco state. Mounting evidence suggests otherwise. By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY A Boko Haram massacre in a northeastern Nigerian village last month captured world-wide attention as it was reported that the terrorists burned children alive. Far less…