Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: A STUDY OF TEN YEARS AGO IS NOT UPDATED CONTRABAND REPRESENTS 45% OF IMPORTS A study conducted between 2004 and 2005 showed that smuggling represented 45 percent of legal imports, which at the time reached approximately $2,500 million dollars, representing an illegal income of about 800-1,000 million dollars. The…
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Bolivia clogs Brazil with cocaine and PF seizes more 700 kilos
From a Brazilian newspaper, Correio do Estado: Bolivia clogs Brazil with cocaine and PF seizes more 700 kilos This is the second largest seizure of drugs, in less than a month in MS. [State of Matto Grosso do Sul] With the wide open border, traffickers in Bolivia are clogging Brazil with cocaine, pouring in the…
Bolivian Human Rights 101: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights
From Human Rights Watch: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights Recent Laws on Child Labor, Justice, Free Expression Need Revision DECEMBER 15, 2014 (New York) – Bolivia should amend several laws that undermine the rights to freedom of association and expression, due process guarantees, and children’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter…
Is the current Bolivian gov prepared for having more expenses than income?!
El Diario reports: Bolivia will have more expenses than income Economists argue that the effects will be felt in the performance of the national economy in 2015. The loss will be between $700 to $1,000 million if oil prices remain below $70 a barrel in the Texas market. The country will receive less income by…
Nuclear? Environmentalists suggest other energy sources for Bolivia
ANF reports in El Diario: Recommend dismiss nuclear energy Environmentalists suggest other energy sources in the country The vice president of the Bolivian Forum on Environment and Development (Fobomade), Patricia Molina, considered unnecessary to build a nuclear reactor to implement it for energy purposes, considering that Bolivia has other options for generating clean energy that…
Hail and flood damage crops in Cochabamba
ABI reports in El Dia: Cochabamba Hail and flood damage crops More than 4,500 hectares of fruit and vegetables were affected by hail and floods in the last two months in the department of Cochabamba, authorities reported yesterday. [12/15/2014] “We overcame more than 4,500 hectares at the departmental level between crops that have been affected,”…
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