Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: The catastrophic collapse of agricultural production The dramatic announcement that the import of rice increased fifteen times! last year, it has been the coup de grace for the non-traditional and traditional agriculture of our country. In addition, nobody thought that such an outcome would be the work of the…
Category: Environment
To understand the driving forces and motives of current Bolivian Ochlocracy!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: The Sinahota prophecy A document which became known in 2007 with the name of thesis of Sinahota, attributed to the ‘vice’ Álvaro García Linera, caused concern for a few weeks, but no one denied it. To check it now allows to warn that those who drafted the document were…
Bolivian politics 101: Return to the coca-grower regime…
Ivan Rada writes in El Diario: Return to the coca-grower regime When Evo Morales was appointed by the caucuses of the left as their candidate, taking advantage of the image that showed him as the most voted Deputy of the country by the United Left, the economic power that holds the Tropic of Cochabamba began…
Bolivian icon in peril!!! Cerro Rico continues to be under jeopardy!
From Pagina Siete: THE AUTHORITIES FEAR A POSSIBLE COLLAPSE Government demands to halt activities at Cerro Rico After an inspection, the Ministry of mining and metallurgy demanded the cessation of mining activities that are developed in the Cerro Rico de Potosi to avoid a collapse. In 1987, the Cerro [Hill] was declared, along with the…
Food security versus food safety? nah! just plain governmental incompetence!
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: Uncertainty in producers More rice enters formally and illegally This figure. According to the IBCE, 2013, until November the country imported 15 times more than in 2012. Rice producers are worried about the entry of rice from abroad by way of smuggling. Between January and November, rice import grew…
DO we believe current Bolivian gov’s statement, that we are rich?!
Susana Seleme writes in El Deber: Are we a rich country? Who was the one who said to the head of the regime that we are no longer a poor country and that, therefore, the non governmental organizations (NGOs) have no place in Bolivia? Whoever he was, deserves a resounding reprieve because economic growth of…
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