The megalomaniac way of government of the coca grower caudillo can be summarized with this phrase: What comes around, goes around. This cartoon exemplifies clearly the way the masismo is killing our institutionality and democracy! Cheap demagogue coming to an end!
Category: Mining
Bolivian gov flunked: Exports fall further and trade deficit soars
Pagina Siete reports via hoybolivia.com: Exports fall further and trade deficit soars The value of domestic exports until July continued its downward trend and decreased by 26% compared to 2015, while the trade deficit soared, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The figures show that in the first seven months of last year sales…
Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests
Ryan Dube reports for The Wall Street Journal: Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests Cabinet of President Evo Morales approves measures that would increase regulation, ban use of dynamite in demonstrations. Bolivia’s government on Thursday moved to increase control over mining cooperatives in the wake of violent protests that resulted in the…
Bolivia: UN human rights office condemns killing of vice minister and three miners
From the UN News Centre: Bolivia: UN human rights office condemns killing of vice minister and three miners 30 August 2016 – The United Nations human rights office today spoke out against the killing of a government minister by a group of striking miners last Thursday, as well as deadly clashes between police and people…
Climatological phenomena wreak havoc in the country
El Diario reports: Climatological phenomena wreak havoc in the country • SENAMHI orange alert determined by the temperature drop in six departments. In three emergency departments it is maintained. Recorded winds speeds between 30 and 70 kph. In areas of the east and south, the temperature will be below zero degrees. The nine departments recorded…
Minimum economic contribution of cooperatives BUT humongous political clout!
El Diario reports: INE published data Minimum economic contribution of cooperatives The National Statistics Institute (INE) revealed that mining cooperatives and small ones contributed to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with just 2.2 percent between January and May 2016. During this period, these two sectors have produced 58,692 metric tons of fine zinc concentrates; the total…
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