Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific

EFE reports in Latino Fox News: Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific SUCRE – Bolivian President Evo Morales and Peru’s Pedro Pablo Kuczynski agreed here Friday on a program that promises to give landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. One major element of the plan calls for including Bolivia on the…

Bolivia lost $5,600 million dollars in exports

El Diario reports: Bolivia lost $5,600 million dollars in exports • According to the IBCE, foreign trade of Bolivia since 2015 does not undergo a good time • External sales fell about $4,200 million last year and nearly $1,500 million in 2016 Bolivia lost $5,600 million dollars for the decline in exports in the last…

Carlos Mesa: Chile has an obligation to guarantee free transit to Bolivia

Hoybolivia.com reports: Mesa: Chile has an obligation to guarantee free transit to Bolivia The official spokesman for the Bolivian maritime claim [and former Bolivian President], Carlos Mesa, said on Tuesday that Chile has an obligation to guarantee free transit to Bolivia, regardless of internal conflicts in the neighboring country. “The Government of Bolivia and the Bolivian…

Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases

AFP reports in AU News: Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases La Paz (AFP) – Bolivia has detected its first three cases of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus, local media reported Wednesday, citing health authorities. Two babies were born with the birth defect in September and a third in October, said the director…

Bolivian businessmen say that 2016 was negative, this government flunked!

El Diario reports: Businessmen say that 2016 was negative Two months after end of the year, private entrepreneurs of Cochabamba already have an opinion on what happened in the present year. They believe that 2016 was negative and estimate a 2017 unfavorable for the productive sector. MASSIVE CLOSURE “There has been a contraction, has been…