Power outages in seven cities across the country continued yesterday due to failures in power generation. The National Load Dispatch (NCDC) instructed to disconnect power from 19:10 to 20:05 affecting Santa Cruz, La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro, Sucre, Potosí and Trinidad. Arturo Iporre, president of the CNDC, explained that the reasons for such power cuts were…
Bolivian alpaca products continue to reach the USA!
The alpaca producers say their exports to the U.S. rose even without the ATPDEA, but at the same time exporting became more expensive due to the existing tariffs. They regret that their Peruvian peers grow more due to the benefit of not having to pay taxes of hospitalization. [so, the situation is bad, with the…
Potosi: 201 years of freedom!!
Today is a very special day, Potosi celebrates 201 years of freedom, since the time it started its independence quest from Spaniard rule. When I was a child, I used to hear the following: “Potosi had electricity long before Paris” “Potosi was twice the size of New York” and so on… there is even a…
TIPNIS: police spouses demand current president be put on trial
This article is from El Deber’s website: Guadalupe Cardenas, representing the wives of low-ranking officers (corporals, sergeants, non-commissioned officers) called for the installation of a trial of responsibilities against current Bolivian state president; the reason? the police repression of the TIPNIS indigenous protest march group. Cardenas said that a trial to current president should be enforced as he is the…
Mineral royalties total $130MM
For this year, mining royalties paid to September 30 totalled $ 130 million dollars, said Mining Minister Jose Pimentel. The amount exceeds the total raised last year. The country depends on international prices, according to settled authority, and acknowledged that the high prices of minerals in the foreign market, “we have increased royalties and exports.”…
Marcos Puña made us proud!!
Bolivian guitarist Marcos Puña won the first prize at the prestigious International Guitar Competition “Miguel Llobet” in Barcelona last Sunday and was chosen among participants from nine countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The second place went to Serbia Ljubica Bukvic guitarist, while the third was for the Australian Jacob Cordova. “It’s a beautiful moment I live…
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