Stuart Jenkins, SmallCapNews: La Paz – Salvador Romero, President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, indicated that silence regarding the provincial election rules begins today in Bolivia after the party campaign ends the previous day. The authority said the country was already entering a time when voters could evaluate the proposals of candidates or political organizations…
2021: Politics 101 – Política 101
Walter Guevara, Los Tiempos: Manfred becomes the head of the opposition Last year many moderate voters voted for Luis Arce Catacora, hoping that his government will stabilize the economy, fight the pandemic and do everything possible to reconcile the country. Today there is no space to list the abusive actions of the first 100 days…
2021: Bolivian mining 101 – Minería boliviana 101
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Bad grades The prestigious Fraser Institute of Canada has just delivered its report on the conditions that 77 countries in the world offer to investors interested in starting mining operations. Venezuelan businessmen did not send their reports, which prevented that country from being taken into account in this evaluation and, given…
Edwin Tumiri, a survivor of the Chapecoense plane crash, escapes death again
Marca: Involved in bus crash in Bolivia Edwin Tumiri, a survivor of the Chapecoense plane crash that killed 71 people, has seen his life flash before his eyes again. The former LaMia employee was involved in another travel accident on March 2, as a bus he was on fell 150 metres down a hillside in Bolivia. Local…
Damn you Chinese triads and those consumers!
Chinese triads target Bolivia’s jaguars in search of ‘American tiger’ parts by Vanessa Romo on 2 March 2021 | Translated by Romina Castagnino, Mongabay: An intelligence-gathering investigation by Earth League International and the Dutch national committee to the IUCN has revealed that Chinese-controlled trafficking syndicates are responsible for smuggling jaguar body parts out of Bolivia. These groups hide…
Police to Question Girl Seen ‘Pushing’ Before Balcony Collapse that Killed 7
Sally Underwood, EuroWeekly: POLICE in Bolivia have said they will question a girl seen “pushing” another woman on a balcony before it collapsed killing seven people. Officers from the Bolivian police said they will question the girl after she was seen pushing before a balcony collapse which killed seven people. Dramatic footage of the incident…
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