Bolivian politics: Smear Campaign

Carlos Cordero´s analysis of Bolivian politics, from El Deber: Smear campaign The Government campaign to try to retain power after the elections of 2014 has intensified, but it is also stumbling with new and old problems. The President of the State has ratified that it is in campaign for the second re-election for a third…

Bolivia: An alliance between scientific and ancient knowledge for production

Pagina Siete reports on an extremely important issue which basically boils down to: lets not reinvent the wheel… without losing competitiveness and better protection of our environment and health. A scientific and ancient knowledge alliance for production Small farmers who practice farming have consolidated a strategic alliance with the National Institute of agricultural innovation and…

A good or bad public policy for the Bolivian environment?

Pagina Siete reports on the new change in the environmental license requisite. Chances are that in order to “expedite” the willingness of current Bolivian government to offer more projects, the damage could be greater onto Bolivian indigenous communities and our National Park System, if current provision, later on, gets expanded. TIPNIS is not a small…

Egocentrism versus Heroism, Oruro and Bolivia must decide

Current Bolivia central government president has demonstrated how egocentric and superficial he can be. Huge and expensive museum for his mementos in his home town, a presidential airport facility, a new presidential palace, post stamps with his image, and now his name in the Oruro airport… well, follows the story of a real hero whose…

Bolivia Basics: The emerging middle classes

Horst Grebe Lopez writes for La Razon: The emerging middle classes Policies should incorporate new dimensions to meet changes in stratification In the 11 years that passed between the last two population censuses, Bolivian society has registered profound transformations in their geographical location, their social stratification and their income levels. It is true that some…