PAT news reported today around 13:24 that the TIPNIS protest group has re-started their march towards La Paz city, it is expected that group will arrive sometime this Wednesday, October 19, 2011. More update as it develops.
Category: Environment
What does Bolivia prefer?: Uncontrolled fires or heavy rain?
This cartoon is from La Razon, Oct 14, 2011. As of the last three days in beautiful Santa Cruz and most parts of Bolivia, there is a lot of rain (see below for the link of an earlier post here regarding La Niña). The cartoon shows heavy rain hitting on those who are supposed to control de fires…
La Niña is back in Bolivia
Bolivia will expect excess rain in most of Bolivia for October,2011; during November and December, rain will continue everywhere but southwest Bolivia (parts of Oruro and most of Potosi) where there will be draught, reported the Meteorology and Hydrology National Service (SENAMHI) to La Razon. TEMPERATURES. Regarding temperatures for this month, previsions state that heat will be over…
Bolivian government’s: Prebends, Bribery, Payoff; Subsidies, Bonuses or plain naiveté?
The following link is from an article that was written by Julio H. Linares C. and published by Los Tiempos, 10/12/11. Linares lists all the unrestricted, unplanned, highly questioned disbursements current Bolivian president has made since he assumed office and in special under this week’s “extraordinary” circumstances. Yes, too close to the so-called Judicial “elections”…
Current Bolivia’s friends: Venezuela, Iran, Syria… why??
With their openly antagonism against free enterprise practices and open market activities, this government engages in questionable relations; along with the ALBA alliance Bolivia has with Venezuela, it embarks more and more with regimes like those of Iran and Syria. The latter with serious internal problems, like in other countries that experienced the coming of…
Bolivia is proud to have: Royal Silver Company (an update!)
Kudos go to Royal Silver Company, a Bolivian company that exports quality in silver and gold coin fabrication. Bolivian Thoughts in an Emerging World was fortunate enough to make an update of this post, as a result of a direct contact, today October 10, 2011, with Mr. Brian McConnell, CEO, Royal Silver Company (Bolivia) S.A. Mr….
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