Current Bolivian government continues to have serious managerial misfits and sadly it shows an incredible aptitude for flunking, despite over six years in government; the following cartoons just illustrate how it was perceived by Bolivian society, close to the end of February 2012: This one is from El Diario, February 29, 2012. Both current president…
Category: Mining
In Bolivia, higher mineral prices lead to more illegal and violent take overs
A sad reality in the Bolivia “of the change process,” instead of taking advantage of the extraordinary high prices in the international markets for our raw materials, Bolivia shows little security to private investment and what is worst, has generated anarchical reactions on communities nationwide, Walter Vasquez reports for La Razon: According to data from…
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…
Bolivian presidential doubts…
A fine article written by Humberto Vacaflor G. and published in HoyBolivia.com: President Evo Morales speaks in public every day, more than once, but hates journalism. Like that, there are other conflicting attitudes of his excellency that should concern everyone, because supposedly he rules for everyone, not just for the coca growers. On Monday he met…
Increased arbitrage as a signal of…?
Pagina Siete reports about the increased number of request for arbitrage in Bolivia: According to the center of conciliation and arbitration of Cainco (CCAC), the requests for arbitration and conciliation between parties in conflict have increased in recent years. The Executive Director of that institution, Claudia Paccieri, states that “more and more are the cases…
Some conclusions of government’s gathering brouhaha
Now that the government’s gathering brouhaha is over, La Razon summarized some “conclusions,” link for the whole Spanish article is below: Topics that will go to regional debate Economic Development The construction of the road Villa Tunari-San Ignacio of Moxos was established as a priority. They also agreed to analyze the distribution of oil income [natural…
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