Erik Oster for AgencySpy: We watch a lot of bad ads over the course of a given year, but every so often something comes around so blatantly offensive that it merits special attention. On the one hand of the spectrum we have the type of work awarded for the Cannes Glass Lion, which was introduced in…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivian Treasury 101: 45,500 million dollars after and … WTH?!
Armando Alvarez writes in Pagina Siete: 45,500 million dollars During 13 years of government, the current authorities have disposed of 45,500 million dollars. 37,500 million from income from gas exports, mainly thanks to the Hydrocarbons Law that was promulgated in May 2005 and not to the nationalization of the sector, as the government authorities maintain,…
New Bolivian millionaires?! out of public funds?! That is nothing more than pure corruption!
Angelica Siles writes in El Diario, picture from the internet: Investigation of new millionaires Art. 229 of the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) states: “The Attorney General of the State is the institution of public legal representation that has as its attribution to promote, defend and protect the interests of the State. Its organization…
Bolivia lost 18.7 million hectares of its Amazon forest in 13 years
Berthy Vaca reports for El Deber: The damage is revealed by a report called Amazonia at the crossroads, which looks at six activities that pressure and threaten the Amazon in nine countries. Agricultural expansion is one of the main causes of deforestation in the country. On June 5 of this year, an international report was…
Fracking in the Bolivian jungle
Stefan Cramer writes in the Ecologist: Bolivian farmers have been resisting gas exploration in the invaluable Tariquía National Reserve – but they need international support. Bolivian president Evo Morales was inaugurated in 2006 as the first indigenous person to be sworn in as a president of a sovereign nation. Since then, he has shown extraordinary…
Mesa Hopes to End Morales’ Long Rule of Bolivia in Fall Election
Jose Enrique Arrioja reports for Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) — Carlos Mesa Gisbert, a former president of Bolivia, says voters should choose him over President Evo Morales in elections this October because he has better policies and because, after 13 years in power, Morales is a near-dictator of the left who could turn the country into another…
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