Pagina Siete reports: Costas pleads for a Departmental Guard in the presence of “organized mafias” and cartels What is the reason they do not let us do our own departmental guard? Asked the governor of Santa Cruz. The governor of Santa Cruz, Rubén Costas, advocated the creation of a Departmental Guard that has a presence…
Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive Director of CEDIB in Cochabamba says they’re being punished for criticising natural resource exploitation and other government policies. One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organisations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear…
Ultimate Bolivian gov’s international embarrassment!
Adam Shaw reports for Fox News: SECURITY COUNCIL Haley forces Bolivia to defend Assad ‘atrocities’ in ‘public view’ at UN session U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley forced Bolivia to “defend the atrocities of the Syrian regime” in “full public view” on Friday, after the country’s ambassador requested a closed session to discuss President…
Repsol reports oil spill in Chuquisaca
Pagina Siete reports: Repsol reports oil spill in Chuquisaca According to the report of the governor of Chuquisaca, the leak would have affected two or three people living in the area of the accident. The governor of Chuquisaca, Esteban Urquizu, reported yesterday [04/06/2017], that there was an oil spill in the community of Rosario del…
A rational wage increase is the best option for Bolivia!
Miguel Roca reports for El Deber: IBCE suggests a rational wage increase From the IBCE, they consider that an increase higher than the index of inflation would bring negative consequences in the companies and would affect labor stability. Gary Rodriguez, general manager of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE), warned Wednesday [04/05/2017] that a…
USAID’s Alternative development worked! Argentina was the main Bolivian banana market in 2016
El Deber reports: Argentina was the main Bolivian banana market in 2016 Nine out of ten bananas produced for export were destined for the Argentine territory, according to IBCE data. Argentina was the main market for bananas produced in Bolivia in 2016, concentrating 96.4% of fruit exports, the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE) reported…
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