A well-thought Editorial from El Diario: There is an anguish in the entire economic environment of the country, especially in the private sector of the business sector, due to the difficult situations in which the national economy finds itself: there is a decrease in international reserves; the government insists on contracting new loans; there is…
Category: Social Unrest
A journey into the Amazon Jaguar black market
From The Brazilian Report, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: By Eduardo Franco Berton: At first glance, Li Ming and his wife Yin Lan look like two ordinary Chinese citizens. Sat on a bench, they greet the relatives who have come to visit them with warm, kind smiles. It’s lunchtime. One of the visitors approaches…
Traffic destroys wildlife in Bolivia
El Diario reports: Animals abandoned to their fate • Chinese citizens promote the killing of species in the country, offering money to local people in exchange for jaguar tusks and other parts • Senator Yerko Núñez said that out of more than 100 complaints only two are sentenced and regretted for the little control exercised…
Bolivian reality 101: Bad and good corruption according to political color
An striking truth, Editorial from El Diario, photo from Los Tiempos, 2016: In our environment, corruption is an endemic and widespread evil. It is seen in the big and in the small, but above all it nests in the bowels of the State, understanding it not only the Central Government but also the mayors and…
Fast Food Consumption Jump Poses Health Risks In Bolivia: Reports
Sadia Abbas reports for Urdu Point: Recent reports have found that the consumption of junk and fast foods in Bolivia has risen nearly 200 percent in the last 15 years, representing a major risk to public health. LA PAZ, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 15th Sep, 2018 ) :Recent reports have found that the…
Bolivia is following Venezuela and Nicaragua – and that’s toward totalitarian rule
Andres Oppenheimer writes for the Miami Herald: While the mass exodus of more than 2.3 million Venezuelans and the murder of more than 300 anti-government protesters in Nicaragua are making big headlines, it may be time to pay attention to another country in the region that is also moving rapidly toward totalitarian rule: Bolivia. Bolivian…
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