Jorge Soruco writes for La Razon: “It is surprising that someone should notice Bolivian literature, almost invisible” Wilmer Urrelo – Bolivian writer won the Anna Seghers Literature Award 2012 which is given annually to a Latin American author and another German. The award is endowed with more than $10 thousand and will be delivered on…
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Santa Cruz is competitive and produces, despite its detractors!
Milenio Foundation released a very interesting report, No.163, September 14, 2012: Santa Cruz economy, Bolivia sustainable growth Santa Cruz economy continues to be the first to contribute to the growth of the GDP, with 27.1 per cent, although it continues to decline their participation. Its exports exceeded $2,120 million in 2011, surpassing levels reached in…
Fire season in Bolivia or simple stupidity?!
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,…
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…
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