Eduardo Baptista writes in Varsity: Bolivia’s ‘Taliban’ miners have something to tell us When Eduardo Baptista escaped an exploding mountain, it got him thinking about how we make ourselves heard. I was sleeping blissfully with my face smack against the bus window when a cacophony of increasingly loud Spanish-speaking voices woke me up. “Blockade, the…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivia has two maladies: corruption and inefficient government bureaucracy!
From the Global Competitiveness Index 2016 – 2017: No need to say more outside the fact that it is the horrendous ochlocracy that the coca grower caudillo has brought to Bolivia, the guilty ones. Long gone are the $150 billion dollars wasted to please his ego! http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-index/country-profiles/#economy=BOL
How credible has become current Bolivian president?
Over ten years ago, the new president of Bolivia, regardless how he ended up in power (road blockades, turmoil since 2003…), we can agree that the world thought highly of him, expectations were high … All that turned out to ba a complete farce, until now, he wasted over $150 billion dollars, have more than…
In Cobija, Pando: Court sentence for illegal gold mining
El Diario reports: Court sentence for illegal gold mining The Trial Court No. 2 of the Judicial District of Cobija – Pando issued a conviction for the crime of illegal exploitation of mineral resources under the provisions of Article 232 of the Penal Code. This was the first conviction in this case, according to the…
Israeli: Film about Bolivian jungle ordeal will create tourism “tsunami”, El Bala dam must be stopped!
EFE reports via Latino Fox News: Israeli: Film about Bolivian jungle ordeal will create tourism “tsunami” RURRENABAQUE – An Israeli man who survived for 21 days in the Bolivian Amazon in 1981 said Friday he expected an upcoming film about his ordeal would create a tourist “tsunami” in that remote region. The movie, titled “Jungle”…
Viva Santa Cruz!
Today is Santa Cruz day and I am happy for the most innovative, competitive society in Bolivia! Santa Cruz has become what La Paz became during mid 20th century, the melting pot of Bolivia! El Deber’s cartoon, just expresses our sentiment!
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