By Explica: The Bolivian indigenous leader Felipe « El Mallku » Quispe, a harsh critic of former President Evo Morales (2006-2019), died on Tuesday sick of Covid-19, refusing until the last moment to receive medical treatment against that disease whose existence he refused to admit, local media reported. « I have unfortunate news to confirm, that our brother Felipe…
Exportando vino – Exporting wine
Brujula Digital: From Outside with Ramón Escobar: The man who opened the doors to Bolivian wines in North America WASHINGTON DC.- Bolivian wines and singanis have already entered the North American market through Chufly Imports, a company founded by Ramón Escobar, a Bolivian-American determined to catalyze “impact investing” or impact investments that aim to improve…
Absurdos masistas – Gov’s absurdities
Pagina Siete: Pay for not working The Inti Raymi company has denounced that, in record time, the justice system has accepted that 21 of its former employees be immediately reinstated to their functions. The problem is that they have no functions to fulfill. The Inti Raymi gold deposits were depleted in 2015 and the company’s…
Arce: Engaña – Misleads
Editorial. El Deber: Anti-austerity of current spending The premise of President Luis Arce Catacora to lead a public administration with austerity, as he repeated in several official acts of his first two months, very soon became a dead letter when the data of the General State Budget (PGE) for the year 2021 became known. There,…
Lake Poopó: why Bolivia’s second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back
The Conversation: A huge lake in Bolivia has almost entirely disappeared. Lake Poopó used to be the country’s second largest, after Lake Titicaca, and just a few decades ago in its wet season peak it would stretch almost 70km end to end and cover an area of 3,000 sq km – the size of a small country…
Emprendedor – Entrepreneur
Erika Gottlieb, Los Tiempos: Businessman, nerves of steel A medal for every businessperson / entrepreneur who: –Lines up at 10 different institutions to open his/her business. -Pays taxes on time, but when he makes a mistake in the declaration (finger mistake) he starts a bigger odyssey than Homer’s. -To put his little sign, has to…
