INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations) co-publish The Global Innovation Index (GII) since 2012. This year in its fifth edition, the GII was previously published by INSEAD. The GII recognizes the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity and acknowledges the…
Category: Health
From “revolution” to involution
Maggy Talavera wonderfully writes about what is going on in our beloved Bolivia, her article appeared in Pagina Siete: From “revolution” to involution Neither blood in the face, nor weight in the in the heart. Just an obsessive thought: total power, absolute control. This is what exhibit without remorse, the militants who now govern Bolivia….
Enrique Garcia: «you don’t live only with the ‘macro’»
El Deber had the great initiative to interview one of the most influential, successful and able Bolivian professional, Enrique Garcia. His assessment on our economic and political reality deserves to be heard and adjustments to be made: Enrique Garcia: «you don’t live only with the ‘macro’» Garcia sees a pending economic development agenda in countries…
TIPNIS children and women attacked with tear gas and cold water, winter season in La Paz
Again, current government shows bad timing, arrogance and excessive use of force against children and women of the TIPNIS group. Pagina Siete reported yesterday afternoon on its website: Police repressed with tear gas and water to activists and indigenous people of the TIPNIS Close to 11 a.m. today [July 5, 2012], police launched tear gas…
H1N1 flu in Bolivia, July 2012, an UPDATE
El Deber reports: Government reports 920 positive cases of H1N1 flu in the country The National Chief of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Johnny Rada, reported on Wednesday, July 4, 2012; reported 920 positive cases of H1N1 influenza throughout the country and announced that, for that reason, they expand the spectrum of vaccination to…
Bolivia status under the 2012 World Drug Report
The 2012 World Drug Report made by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has important information about Bolivia. The impact of drugs and crime on development, public safety, and our political life; should have to force us to sit and reflect what to we want to become in the very near future. Do…
