2012 INCSR: Introduction BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Report March 7, 2012 Legislative Basis for the INCSR The Department of State’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) has been prepared in accordance with section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the…
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Current Bolivian government is the MOST CONFLICTIVE in history…
MIlenio Foundation has issued on February 3, 2012 their report No. 132 which demonstrates how current government has become the most conflicting in Bolivian history. I am not surprised, as current president’s appearance in Bolivian politics started with the infamous blockades in the Chapare since the times he was just the leader of the Chapare…
Titicaca lake needs more protection to stop pollution!
This is an interesting but sad article, unless we do something, damage could be irreversible! Urban Growth Contaminating Lake Titicaca Nate Berg Jan 12, 2012 Reuters One of the largest and most famous lakes in South America is facing a gradual threat from its shores. Urban growth and increasing populations in the areas around Lake…
Bolivian public safety failure and escalating crime rates
Over the years, public safety has decreased at an alarming rate! The worst happens in beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Not only drug trafficking has brought violence to our streets, drug addicts commit felonies and are obviously more violent. The cartoon from El Diario, January 9, 2012 portrays our sad and frustrating reality. Crime rates…
Cancer illness and how is dealt inside Latin American and American way of doing politics…
There are a lot of similarities worldwide regarding politician’s behavior. This time I’d like to digress on the incredible recurrence of cancer diagnostics in so many LA presidents around the same time: Paraguay, Venezuela, Brazil (former) and Argentina current presidents had or are in the middle of some sort of cancer treatment. Those news became…
If traveling across Bolivia, PLS watch out from dengue!!
Pagina Siete reports today about dengue, please take precautions: [The graph shows in orange and red the frequency of cases reported.] Residents of 20 municipalities close to the road that links La Paz with Cochabamba and Santa Cruz are the most affected by dengue. They consider that the vector is incubated in the river and tributaries…
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