Armando Mendez Morales, a reputable Bolivian economist analyzes current government’s doings… or undoings??! From Pagina Siete: 500 million dollars for what? The Government of President Morales, characterized by its open anticapitalist ideological discourse, has just presented, to the world, as a country that is willing to play the rules of the system. If something is…
Category: Environment
What to do with all the polluting plastic bags in Bolivia?
A very important article that should make us rethink about our habits and to be more protective of our environment. Alexander Terrazas reports for El Dia: The bags that invade us Impact. Every day, we use 1.3 million plastic bags in Bolivia, according to a study by Lidema. 65% of the national population still uses…
Bolivian corn producers set goals; great, keep on producing!!
Ismael Luna Acevedo writes for El Dia: In the national day of corn made in ‘Sagrado Corazon’ ‘Maiceros’ set goals to produce 9 tons per hectare Day. The field day had demonstration, stands and a diversified supply The producers of corn [‘maiceros’] of the Department [Santa Cruz] and the country reaffirmed yesterday in the national…
Bolivian agriculture sector rejects veto to transgenic crops under the new law of mother earth
Natali Vargas writes for Pagina Siete: Producers of oilseeds announce fall in grain production Agriculturalists rejects veto to transgenic crops with the new law of mother earth DATA: indicates that the production of soy is linked to the planting of wheat, maize, sorghum, rice and sunflower; If there would be low cereal production, other crops…
Bolivian youth 101: A needed reflection!
This article exposes most of our youth’s fears, challenges, lack of them… Fernanda Tejada Levy writes for La Prensa and certainly must be a subject for reflection… not only for our Bolivian youth, wherever they may be, but for all of us! Garbage for many, treasure of few Stuck in my mind a phrase I…
Resettlement? invasion? opportunism? what is going on with land tenure in eastern Bolivia?
This is an interesting editorial from El Deber: Land in the east President Evo Morales has returned to offer fiscal lands of the East to inhabitants of the West, to massive transfers similar to those which were made in the past. The constant of all these initiatives is that they were never planned in a…
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