El Diario reports: Bolivia must diversify its economy and production • Representatives and experts from the World Bank, IDB, CAF and ECLAC, meeting at the Government Palace, recommended to the national authorities to take prudential measures in economic issues, in addition to seeking other options in the international oil crisis and to evaluate issues of…
Singani export to the US increased by 60%
Pagina Siete reports: The SINGANI 63 brand is a success Singani export to the US increased by 60% Casa Real delights the palate of thousands of Americans since 2013. In 2015, the Casa Real winery from Tarija, celebrated the close of a successful year in sales in the US market, through the brand Singani 63,…
Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom
Reuters reports through Yahoo news: Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia and Russia’s state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom said on Sunday they had signed a provisional agreement for the construction of $300 million nuclear complex in the Andean nation. Under the terms of the accord, which needs…
Scandal-Plagued Bolivia Trumpets Drug Seizure Figures
From InSight Crime: Scandal-Plagued Bolivia Trumpets Drug Seizure Figures Written by Arron Daugherty Bolivia’s government has touted an increase in drug seizures as a sign of improving interdiction capabilities, while an ongoing scandal involving President Evo Morales continues to unfold. In the first two months of 2016, Bolivia’s Special Fighting Force Against Drug Trafficking (Fuerza…
Due to lack of coherent policies, the castana [chestnut] market faces saturation
Roxana Villa reports for El Deber: Chestnut crisis facing market saturation The markets for the Bolivian product [castaña] are closing, due to the import of nearly 6,000 tons of Brazilian almond. The sector calls for more regulation. Despite the $192 million dollars generated by the export of chestnut [bertholletia excelsa] in 2015, the northern Amazon…
Bolivia’s current presidential scandal goes beyond sex
From the Miami Herald: Andres Oppenheimer: Bolivia’s scandal goes beyond sex The scandal over Bolivia’s populist President Evo Morales’ secret love affair, with a young woman with whom he had a child who the president says has died, but the woman says is alive, is making headlines throughout Latin America. But that’s the least outrageous…
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