Under the coca grower, Bolivia experienced only rampant corruption and annihilation of meritocracy! This cartoon from Pagina Siete [06/26/2017] shows the crude reality: And let’s not forget that over $160 billion dollars were wasted in the last eleven years, where this coca grower caudillo had TOTAL control of ALL State powers!
Category: Social Unrest
Rampant corruption inside Bolivian government: Ex-chief of Bolivian state oil firm detained for questioning
Reuters reports via Nasdaq: Ex-chief of Bolivian state oil firm detained for questioning LA PAZ, June 20 (Reuters) – The former president of Bolivian state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos was detained for questioning by prosecutors in La Paz, days after he was sacked by the government over allegations around a flawed contract process….
Shocking! Climate, Economy, Family: Migration in the Bolivian Andes while Bolivian government does nothing about these!
William Julian reports for the GlacierHub: Climate, Economy, Family: Migration in the Bolivian Andes High in the Bolivian Andes, the pace of glacial retreat is accelerating, which may significantly decrease the amount of glacial meltwater available to streams and aquifers critical to farming communities in the region’s river basins. In addition to the long-term threat posed…
ECLAC suggests change of Bolivian extractivist model, after wasting over $160 billion dollars!
El Diario reports: ECLAC suggests change of extractivist model • A new paradigm must be applied that will contribute to put to an end the economic, social and environmental inequalities, in order to move towards sustainable development, according to the institution. • In Bolivia, the low oil price affected the economy and the oil income…
Bolivia lags behind attracting investments
El Diario reports: Bolivia to the tail in attraction of investments Former Mining Minister Dionisio Garzón said Bolivia lags behind in investments, while Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina have attractive rules to attract foreign capital, and seek to develop their sector. He regretted that the Government does not have attractive projects, while Ecuador is in the…
Illegal interim appointments persist in Bolivian public sector
El Diario reports: Illegal interim appointments persist in public sector • Democrat Unit asks the MAS to begin with the institutionalization of state-owned enterprises. Eight years after the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) has been in force, at least ten positions of state entities that must be designated by means of convocations and proposals…
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