UNESCO reports: Manuel Olivera Andrade: Young researchers must make their voices heard Manuel Olivera Andrade, young Bolivian researcher, receives the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Monday, 26 October 2015, at UNESCO Headquarters, Room I, at 6:30 pm. The ceremony is part of the…
The true age of the city of La Paz
Juan Bedregal reports for Pagina Siete: The true age of the city of La Paz La Paz today commemorates 467 years of its foundation. Writings of chroniclers indicate that the genesis of the city was given 100 years before 1548. We know that in this basin before us our ancestors, men of very different origins…
Young entrepreneurs reveal their secrets to success
Fernando Rojas reports for El Deber: Young entrepreneurs reveal their secrets to success They confess that their initiatives were the result of ‘hunches’, ‘tincazos’, ‘wildest dreams’ and ideas that shaped in corporations that are now their livelihood. The word crisis does not exist in their terminology and if anything they have in common is that…
Some effects of oil at 50 dollars per barrel
Carlos Miranda writes in Pagina Siete, excerpts follow: Some effects of oil at 50 dollars per barrel … “We must not forget that in 2014 the transnational oil companies demanding a higher price on top of 100 dollars/barrel to continue exploring in search of larger reserves, arguing that the costs of operation and taxes had…
Spain sends four of every 10 dollars in remittances to Bolivia
El Diario reports: Spain sends four of every 10 dollars in remittances to the country The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) reported that family remittances received from abroad, from January to August, grew by 1.2%, compared to the similar period of 2014, representing an amount of $767 million dollars. Only in August remittances totaled $97.3…
CEDLA predicts problems for investing Chinese credit in infrastructure and not in production
ANF reports for Pagina Siete, excerpts follow: CEDLA (Research Centre for Rural and Labor Development) predicts problems for investing Chinese credit in infrastructure and not in production “The big problem is what will happen in the medium term, if things continue to deteriorate, these investments that are in infrastructure will not recover the production that has…
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