ANF reports in Pagina Siete: Drop in prices Rice farmers are in emergency There are more than 300,000 tons harvested this year and 100,000 in deposits. The small rice farmers of the department of Santa Cruz have expressed concern that the price of food continues to decline. Since May, the kilo of rice sold between…
Let be known: Bolivia chose strong, solid, autonomous and decentralized
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Strong, solid, autonomous and decentralized I will agree on the idea of the vice president about the regions/departments prefering a ‘strong’ and ‘solid’ State; I think, actually, that’s the aspiration of any citizen who sees that the homeland is the victim of roads, mines take overs, parks occupation, destruction…
Detailed review of the Bolivian gov’s “accomplishments” using an IMF study on export prices decline.
Using this analysis from an IMF, World Economic Outlook study; direct ties with Bolivia situation are commented in these type of [brackets] along the whole document: WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ANALYSIS Commodity Exporters Facing the Difficult Aftermath of the Boom IMF Survey September 28, 2015 Commodity-exporting economies likely to slow further given weak commodity price outlook…
They unite to stop the trade in bushmeat
Carlos Muñiz reports for El Dia: Interior and Municipality They unite to stop the trade in bushmeat Road check points. Pailón and Cotoca are where most seizures were made by the illegal sale, officials report. Units of Biodiversity of the Governor’s office and Environment of the municipality of the city of Santa Cruz, joined forces…
Shames of Chile and Bolivia
Humberto Vacaflor writes in hoybolivia.com: Shames of Chile and Bolivia According tells Alcides Arguedas, a serious historian, after the invasion of the Bolivian coast, Chile sent a message with a German tinge, in the words of Ambassador Abraham Konig, in saying: “The coast is rich and worth millions, we already knew it. We keep it…
Bolivian independence: The Battle of Chicaloma
Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: The Battle of Chicaloma The Revolution of July 16, 1809 triggered the formation of the first independent government of America, against the actions of Spain. Then, the Viceroy of Peru, called a realist, winding and bloody military, Jose Manuel de Goyeneche, to quell the uprising subversive…
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