From ReliefWeb: Informing humanitarians worldwide. ReliefWeb has been the leading source for reliable and timely humanitarian information on global crises and disasters since 1996. Bolivia Situation Report #2, 07 September 2015 Highlights • The Government officially requested WFP to support flood-affected families in the northern Santa Cruz department. • WFP has assessed the affected area and indicated…
Category: Social Unrest
What are we doing to restore Titicaca Lake?
La Prensa reports: Daily fish, frogs and other amphibians are dying They will recover the lake with Bs3,000 million At least Bs3,000 million will be invested to implement the recovery plan for Lake Titicaca. “So far, from what we have collected from metropolitan plans, development plans, we have seen the need for about Bs3,000 million,…
Bolivian government contradicts themselves?! … or is it part of their electoral show?
El Diario reports: Observed contradictions in economic matters Economists believe that there is confusion because the finance minister is more optimistic than the president. Economists noted contradictions between the statements of President of the State, Evo Morales, and Economy Minister Luis Arce, on the economic situation of Bolivia. For the industry sector, it is a…
A fact in the Bolivia of “the change”: Government policies allow smuggling
El Diario reports: Analyst says Government policies allow smuggling The analyst Ivan Arias said that repeated policy of “let be and let pass” [laissez faire – laissez passer] in the field of smuggling has made informal trade to be the only important activity in some populations of the country apart from agricultural production. “It’s a…
Better use for your car’s trunk or boot…
From The Telegraph: Bolivian taxi driver traps robber in boot Astonishing news clip shows taxi driver boasting about beating suspected robber and locking him in his boot [trunk] A Bolivian taxi driver apparently took the law into his own hands, apprehending a suspected robber and locking him in his boot [trunk]. The driver, from Santa…
Against perpetuity of the coca grower in the Bolivian presidency
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: Against perpetuity In fact H.E. [His Excellency], has already accepted his fourth presidential candidacy. For that to happen, he has outrageously lied to Bolivia, first in 2009 and then last year when he publicly stated that he would not mediate electorally. He lied, but the crime is he ignored…
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