It puzzles and infuriates me when this time of the year comes and our beautiful country fills with smoke of controlled and uncontrolled fires… slush and burn practices continue, systematically damaging our health, our environment… ALL government (national, regional, municipal) fail to take appropriate action! Manuel Filomeno reports for Pagina Siete: In a single day,…
Category: Health
Bolivia: Latest humor on our daily ordeal
This week, part of our country experiences road blockades, our exports are still under the bureaucratic cloud of current governmental red tape, no new investors are knocking our doors… so, here are some cartoons from our press that capture our current quest. This is from El Diario, September 11, 2012: It portrays the mixed signals…
Politics 101: In between UDP and MAS
Humberto Vacaflor writes a pretty good comparison of two Bolivian political parties and their ‘contribution’ to Bolivian economy… From HoyBolivia.com: In between UDP and MAS In 1982, the Government of President Hernán Siles Zuazo gave to the unionized miners of Comibol, the management of the company in an unprecedented exercise of workers self-management that occurred…
Changes? If in six years, nothing has changed!
Today, I will share El Diario’s editorial as it reveals our present… Changes? If in six years, nothing has changed! When the December 2005 election results were known and determined the ascension to the Government of Mr. Evo Morales and his party MAS, the first official announcements consisted of trying to convince people about “politics…
Bolivians consume 92 kilos of potatoes and one of quinoa, yearly
It is no secret that potatoes appear in most our traditional meals. Like the Dutch, Bolivians prefer potatoes and we should eat more cereals like quinoa… From Pagina Siete: There were 800 maps with agricultural information Bolivians consumed a year 92 kilos of potatoes and one of quinoa FOOD according to the report, the high…
Why do most Bolivians need to pay taxes?
El Diario released very important information: a well renowned international financial organization has finally addressed a critical situation for our country, it is time that the majority of our citizens behave like grownups and comply with laws and begin to pay taxes!! Presented the report of economy and development CAF recommends to extend the payment…
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