This week, newspaper El Mundo reported that seven people out of every ten in Bolivia work in the informal sector… thus, the demagogue ruling ochlocracy has forced the legal sector to pay a second Christmas bonus… in the last nine years, the size of the public service has increased exponentially, including a large portion of…
A possible agenda for the liberal opposition
Javier Paz writes in El Deber: A possible agenda for the liberal opposition The next legislature will be controlled by the ruling party. Therefore, we can assume that laws out there will give more power to the state at the expense of the freedom of citizens. Opposition lawmakers, in most cases, have a testimonial role…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
Year of the llama: Bolivia calls for 2016 to be dedicated to camelids
Year of the llama: Bolivia calls for 2016 to be dedicated to camelids South American nation wants UN to raise awareness of the animal family, which includes alpacas and dromedary camels Sara Shahriari in La Paz The Guardian, Friday 28 November 2014 19.32 GMT For centuries they have hauled loads up the Andes and through…
Indisputable truth: Crisis of leadership in the MAS
An Editorial from El Dia: Crisis of leadership in the MAS Whenever we talk about “leadership crisis” it is exemplified by MAS, which by some people, have created the leader with greater force in the history of Bolivia. Those who say that forget great leaders like Victor Paz, René Barrientos, Gualberto Villarroel, Hugo Banzer, Juan…
Working attitudes and performance of political appointees under the MAS
One of my readers sent me the pictures and told me about this “experience”… The following photos illustrate how regular, plain political appointees do “their job” under existing ruling ochlocracy’s watch… our money, our taxes and all that wastefulness! This happened in one Bolivian airport at one of the three most important cities. “Getting ready…”…
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