Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: About Santa Cruz separatism The escape of former prosecutor Marcelo Soza to Brazil may be the end of a curse that fell on the Bolivian people, but particularly for Santa Cruz. A whole rigging mounted with unusual cynicism has kept on suspense hundreds of families who suffered for their…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivia facing anarchy: workers’ unions want to take over private companies!
El Diario reports: Private sector warns against manufacturing workers attempt to take over companies The Federation of Private Enterprises of La Paz took position against claims of factory leaders who intended to create social investment companies out of legal investments established in Bolivia. The private enterprise of La Paz expressed uncertainty about the recent statements…
Bolivia does not encourage industrialization of minerals, why not?!
Santiago Espinoza reports for La Opinion: EMPLOYERS ARE MINING PROPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT THE LAW TO FAVOUR THE GENERATION OF VALUE ADDED AND JOBS They note that new rule limiting the industrialization Cochabamba mining entrepreneurs note that the industry Law encouraged by the national government, lacks an incentive policy for the industrialization of minerals and…
Bolivia’s “bonanza” in the verge of fading out…
An Editorial from Los Tiempos: TOWARD THE END OF THE BONANZA All data indicate that we are witnessing the end of a boom cycle, so that urgent steps are needed to break the fall. After more than eight years, during which the good news on economic, followed one after another, to account for one of…
Bolivia’s naive foreign policy
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Naive foreign policy Bolivia now has deteriorated relations with USA, Brazil, Argentina and, one might say, also Peru, for the suspension of the presidential meeting that was to take place last week. The U.S. Charge d’affaires [DCM], Harry Mammott, just left for his country “for personal reasons”, which means…
Bolivia among the five countries with MORE inflation!
Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: Rising food in the region was 1.3% higher in 2013 BOLIVIA IS ONE OF THE FIVE COUNTRIES WITH MORE INFLATION According to FAO report, the price increase implies a impact on welfare of the poorest households, because [the poor] allocate more money to that item. Bolivia started in 2013…
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