The website http://www.hoybolivia.com reports about Potosi and one of our most important emblems: The Deputy Minister for productive development mining, Freddy Beltrán, reported that the Government was awaiting an economic contribution from Unesco, to start the full rehabilitation of the cusp of the Cerro Rico in the Potosí Department. “Is hoping that Unesco can contribute…
Category: Environment
Deforestation and Bolivia holds unfortunate 4th place…
Today, I will introduce Maplecroft, who is the author of the Deforestation Index 2012, from their website: Introducing Maplecroft As the global landscape evolves, it is imperative to navigate, manage and monitor the political, economic, social and environmental risks that affect new growth opportunities for business, especially in emerging markets. Maplecroft’s Global Risks Portfolio and…
Briefs: inflation; TIPNIS a sof December 6, 2011
From El Deber and Los Tiempos, respectively: Inflation The price of the onion, household beer consumption, housing rent and lunch, according to the Statistics National Institute of (INE), were the more inflationary. In November the consumer price index (CPI and IPC in Spanish) closed with 0.32%, but in October, was 0.47%. Since the beginning of the…
Coca growers against the TIPNIS intangible condition…
This cartoon appeared in El Dia, December 3, 2011. The “intangibility” concept has resulted a headache to the indigenous people of the TIPNIS; who already lost the contracts with the tourism agencies and the controlled logging activities. The coca growers group who support current government, wanted to enter the TIPNIS, so they could expand their…
TIPNIS latest as of December 4, 2011 – 20:32 PM
El Deber website reported the latest agreement between TIPNIS leaders and the government regarding the regulations for the “short law” and the ‘intangible’ concept: The document was signed approximately at 10:30 AM this Sunday, informed the President of the sub-central Sécure, Fernando Vargas, now the regulation must be endorsed by presidential decree. The Act establishes that…
December Econ 101: An alert that State intervention is ‘expensive’
A very informative report news, extremely useful economic analysis of current Bolivian government performance. Written by Carla Paz Vargas for El Deber, December 3, 2011: The blackouts, the importation of food, the restriction of exports, the increase in the subsidy to fuel, lack of jobs and the collapse of foreign investment, among other things, are…
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