Armando Alvarez writes in Pagina Siete: 45,500 million dollars During 13 years of government, the current authorities have disposed of 45,500 million dollars. 37,500 million from income from gas exports, mainly thanks to the Hydrocarbons Law that was promulgated in May 2005 and not to the nationalization of the sector, as the government authorities maintain,…
This Bolivian Startup Wants Taxis to Deliver Cash in Areas Without ATMs
Patrick Kulp reports for AdWeek: The idea has already won a gold innovation award from El Ojo de Iberoamérica In a country with only around 40 ATMs for every 100,000 citizens, Ogilvy Bolivia is taking a page from Uber’s playbook to make cash more available on the go. The agency is forming an ambitious financial-tech…
New Bolivian millionaires?! out of public funds?! That is nothing more than pure corruption!
Angelica Siles writes in El Diario, picture from the internet: Investigation of new millionaires Art. 229 of the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) states: “The Attorney General of the State is the institution of public legal representation that has as its attribution to promote, defend and protect the interests of the State. Its organization…
Torotoro National Park Dinosaur Footprints
Atlas Obscura reports: Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park. There are plenty of things to see and do in Bolivia’s Torotoro National Park. You can trek along the numerous canyons that cut through the semi-arid landscape, the deepest reaching depths of almost 1,000 feet. You can bathe in natural swimming pools, some…
Lost graves of Scots miners found in abandoned Bolivian cemetery
Alison Campsie reports for the Scotsman: The long-forgotten graves of three Scots silver and tin miners have been found in an abandoned foreigner’s cemetery in Bolivia. Dr. Stewart Redwood, a geologist originally from Stirlingshire but now of La Paz, discovered the graves in the windswept and treeless mining city of Oruro, which sits high on a desert…
New Reserve Safeguards Vital Landscape in Bolivia
Madison Lemelin reports for Rainforest Trust: This week, Rainforest Trust and partner Wildlife Conservation Society-Bolivia (WCS-Bolivia) established the Rhukanrhuka Municipal Reserve. The 2,123,749-acre reserve in the Beni region protects grasslands found in the transition area between the Sub-Andean and Llanos de Mojos Ecosystems. The Beni grasslands, an area twice the size of Portugal, is South…
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