Press release 20/170: April 17, 2020 The IMF approved Bolivia’s request for emergency financial assistance of about US$327 million under the Rapid Financing Instrument to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This assistance will help Bolivia support urgently required medical spending and relief measures to preserve social protection spending. Additional support from other development partners will also…
A biased IACHR – Una CIDH sesgada
Alfonso Gumucio writes in Pagina Siete: The MAS-IACHR dumbbell I am tempted to include this irony as an anecdote in Ripley’s book because “although you do not believe it”, such a perverse dumbbell has never been seen before between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that depends on the OAS, and a party politician…
MAS groups attack police in the Chapare – Grupos del MAS agreden a policías en el Chapare
Jesus Alanoca reports for El Deber: Government accuses Evo and MAS groups of being behind the attacks on police in the Chapare Minister Murillo anticipates legal actions against cocalero leaders and even municipal authorities. The Minister of Defense indicates that joint operations will be carried out with the Armed Forces They reject the humiliation to…
USA buys more Bolivian sugar – EEUU nos compra más azúcar
Ernesto Estremadoiro reports for El Deber: The US will buy more Bolivian sugar, sweet news in bitter times for the industry The quota for 2020 rose from 8,424 tons to 12,758. According to the North American embassy it will be the largest quota in more than two decades that the country receives. The harvest is…
1943, La Paz city, a superb video!
A Julien Bryan production: Great socio economic display, and during WWII which was not even mentioned … Loved to see trams as public transportation … like train service, these days, both were discontinued and that is a real shame!
REC electrifies village in Bolivia
Michelle McConnaha reports for Ravalli Republic: Against the odds, linemen from the Ravalli Electric Cooperative and other electric cooperatives from Montana brought electricity to a rural village in Bolivia last month. In Pando (Northern region of Bolivia) in the village called Villa Cotoca, the Big Sky effort now provides electricity to the 38 homes and 150 people,…
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