ANF reports in El Deber: Jubileo sees that energy will not generate jobs The institution said that in the 2016 PGE [General State Budget], there are fewer resources for agriculture, industry and tourism. The Jubileo Foundation warns that the new commitment of the Government to allocate 22.7% of the 2016 General State Budget (PGE) for…
Bolivia Madidi park is a butterfly paradise
Fox News reports: Bolivia park is a butterfly paradise Scientists on an expedition in Bolivia have identified more than 1,000 varieties of butterflies living in Madidi National Park, a New Jersey-sized protected area considered to be the most biodiverse in the world. . . . . . http://www.foxnews.com/science/slideshow/2016/03/17/bolivia-park-is-butterfly-paradise.html#/slide/-nbsp- I considered myself fortunate to have had…
Plain demagogue?: The dollar exchange rate will not be changed this year
El Diario reports: 2016 Financial Fiscal Program The dollar exchange rate will not be changed this year • The announcement was made yesterday [03/16/2016] by the President of the Central Bank, so that the purchasing power of wages will be preserved • The exchange rate policy in 2015 helped maintain low inflation The president of…
Mystery after over a tonne of dead fish wash up on shores of Bolivian lake
Reuters reports for The Telegraph: Mystery after over a tonne of dead fish wash up on shores of Bolivian lake Thousands of small sardine-like fish have been found dead in lake Allay, but no one is completely sure what caused oxygen levels in the lake to drop so dramatically. Thousands of dead fish have washed…
Brazilian Comptroller would investigate OAS contracts in Bolivia
Los Tiempos reports: Brazilian Comptroller would investigate OAS contracts in Bolivia The head of the bloc of Democratic Unity (UD), Arturo Murillo, yesterday [03/14/2016] asked the vice president of the Court of Accounts of the Union (Controller) of the Republic of Brazil, Julio Marcelo de Oliveira, the investigation of the lucrative contracts signed by OAS,…
Collapse of Bolivian exports
An Editorial from El Diario: Collapse of Bolivian exports Only last January, exports of various domestic products fell by one third in relation to the same month last year, according to worrying statistic provided by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the crash regarding foreign sales pertains to gas, manufacturing, minerals and agricultural products. More concretely,…
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