The Jubileo Foundation has issued its “2013 Budget Analysis”; here the summary and two charts, full original Spanish doc can be found at the link, below: Summary: The General Budget of the State for year 2013, presents an increase on fiscal revenues, but expenses are also increased. At the Central Level, it is observed a deficit…
Category: Environment
At last, some good news for the TIPNIS
From the Facebook account of Jacqueline Patino [Patiño]: #TIPNIS good news: Finally some light! They have admitted the popular demand. Read what was decided by the Constitutional Court. The Committee of admission of the Tribunal constitutional plurinational [Plurinational Constitutional Court], resolved: 1 Revoke the resolution 59/2012 dated October 8, as registered on “folios” fs. 54-55,…
Bolivia under induced coma or just central government failures to honor Bolivian society?!
Susana Seleme writes for El Deber: Induced coma Induced coma is a sedation under medical control to cause loss of consciousness in a seriously ill person. Applies to control anxiety, calming the patient, diminish physical pain, minimize psychological traumas and induce amnesia. Are those the reasons why keeping President Hugo Chávez de Venezuela in that…
Bolivian current president may have finally spoken the truth regarding coca/cocaine
Carlos Valverde’s bright description of what coca-leaf & cocaine really are, from El Deber: Did I heard wrong, or at the end he said it? The next battle is going to be how to export coca leaf… must comply with some data that does not contain any alkaloid… But of course, if the product is…
Bolivian Sociology 101: The conservative nature of the doctrines of decolonization
El Dia published this incredibly in-depth analysis of how the indigenous people in Bolivia continue to be played by people who claim to be protectors of mother earth, the socialists of the 21st century and protectors of the coca… The conservative nature of the doctrines of decolonization To understand the theories of decolonization, very popular…
Good sustainable energy news from Cobija, Pando, but the government…?!
Carlos Miranda analysis for Pagina Siete: Speaking of energy Finally a good news, bioelectricity in Cobija The nationalization of electricity of La Paz and Oruro distributorships shows the strategy of the “energy Talibans” of the Government. Creating a crisis to cover another. Nationalize to put the concerns about the extortion in the justice system to…
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