Olivia Desmit for Human Nature, a blog from Conservation International: In Potosí, Bolivia, most families survive on less than US$ 2 per day. The local indigenous community in this Andean city is economically dependent on mining — an infamously grueling and hazardous way of life here — but a nearby mine, the country’s largest, will close in…
Category: Mining
Division and waste in 13 years of government
El Diario reports: Evaluation of politicians Despite the economic boom in the price of raw materials in the international market, corruption tainted government management and health was the most affected, according to the binomial “Bolivia says No” President Evo Morales, on completing 13 years of continuous government, announced that he will provide a report on…
Contrary To Expectations, Bolivia Selects A Chinese Firm To Build Its First Industrial Lithium Carbonate Plant
Juan Carlos Zuleta writes in Seeking Alpha: Summary In a recent article I discussed in depth the contractual process for lithium industrialization in Bolivia. I also argued that the one for construction of an industrial lithium carbonate plant was apparently not only delayed but had an anticipated winner. I was then referring to the German…
Unasur, another white elephant
A great Editorial from El Diario, photo from the internet reflecting the egocentric coca grower caudillo: In the ordinary language the concept “white elephant” refers to that type of animal that runs freely, without anyone bothering it, the streets of the cities of India. It is a large, sacred animal that has no value, it…
Morales Ever More?
Alex Tyler reports for Raddington Report offers a more or less good recount on evo’s performance … Bolivian Thoughts opinion: It is NOT true that evo succeeded with his economic policies … he only inherited the debt forgiveness that all the international donor community started paperwork in 1996, under the HIPIC, which came into effect…
Miracles and legends of the Lord of the True Cross, patron of Potosí
Laura Paz reports for Pagina Siete: The Lord of the True Cross, the image appeared in 1550. Photos Laura Paz Leaño España The image is cataloged as the oldest of the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the second in Latin America. Appeared in 1550, in the convent of San Francisco de Asís. The testimonies of…
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