Eleven years of the best possible economic times ever in our history! Eleven years of the worst possible government: inept, corrupt! And … they happened at the same time under the “leadership” of the coca grower caudillo! The result: over $160 billion dollars wasted and no single sustainable job, investment made … This ochlocracy, is…
Category: Social Unrest
‘Bolivian government lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more
Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: ‘They lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more Locals blame coca interests for the state’s broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous people. When Ovidio Teco’s Amazon homeland was declared “untouchable” by the Bolivian government in 2011, his war…
Bolivian politics 101: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime They say that the manifesto is not limited to promoting a change of government, but “a change of regime”. More than 180 personalities signed the Agenda 21F, which was presented yesterday. This document proposes a set of reforms and policies…
Bolivian Economics 101: Pretentious debate for a real crisis
A remarkable Editorial from El Diario: Pretentious debate for a real crisis A controversy of intensity between state officials and private sector economists has come in recent weeks over whether the national economy is undergoing recession or slowdown, a debate that did not reach results that satisfy the public. Likewise, a similar debate has been…
Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest
Committee to Protect Journalists reports: Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest Bogotá, September 5, 2017–Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police detained Agustín Aldo Mamani,…
Runaway contamination of Lake Titicaca … point of NO return?!
El Diario reports: Runaway contamination of Lake Titicaca • Peru and Bolivia plan to clean the most navigable and highest lake in the world. The cleaning of Lake Titicaca and the protection of its natural wealth is one of the joint projects that will be addressed by the governments of Peru and Bolivia, said President…
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