Lets take a look at the Rule of Law Index 2014 for Bolivia: Supporting the rule of law in Latin America by Juan Carlos Botero [excerpts follow] Most economies in Latin America struggle with recurring problems in their institutional frameworks. The repeated flooding of the Bogota River illustrates the cyclical and expanding nature of these…
Category: Mining
Why do Bolivians struggle so much with a mining law? with this gov?!
The Bolivian government sucks, as best expressed by Humberto Vacaflor: they can not apply the mining law in the highlands, they can not open a UMOPAR headquarters in Yapacani, they can not drive away the encroachers in Santa Cruz, they can not prevent the entry of contraband or off drugs, they can not control the “deals”…
The so-called socialists of the 21st century are nothing but tyrants!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Over and out A recent study on the “Arab Spring” prepared by Stimson, under the direction of Ellen Laipson, says the deposed tyrants had long been in power who acted like kings and neglected the details of governing. Moreover, to reach this overthrow, it was made by the weariness…
Bolivia and The collapse of the symbols…
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The collapse of the symbols In his speech to come to power, the MAS used the idea of being better than all the previous political system, which was part – that was beyond him as the bearer of messages and new moral ethical behavior. Evo Morales criticized, not without…
Bolivian gov returning to the use of charcoal out of our dry and chaco forest!
Current Bolivian central government does exactly the opposite to its “political discourse”, the so-called environment protector is aiming at the destruction of our forest. A good Editorial from El Diario: Is Bolivia returning to colonial depredation? About ten years ago, several patriotic citizens denounced the Mutún iron ore deposit was being exploited by the Brazilian…
Bolivia does not encourage industrialization of minerals, why not?!
Santiago Espinoza reports for La Opinion: EMPLOYERS ARE MINING PROPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT THE LAW TO FAVOUR THE GENERATION OF VALUE ADDED AND JOBS They note that new rule limiting the industrialization Cochabamba mining entrepreneurs note that the industry Law encouraged by the national government, lacks an incentive policy for the industrialization of minerals and…
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