Miguel Roca reports for El Deber: Transport and illegal logging increases the carbon footprint in Bolivia The vehicle fleet and the expansion of the agricultural frontier, among others, increase the emission of greenhouse gases that create the footprint carbono.Valeria Revilla, technical manager of Environmental Services Bolivia, reported that the per capita carbon footprint generated Bolivia…
Coca impoverishes agriculture
An Editorial from El Diario: Coca impoverishes agriculture Many regions in the Yungas of La Paz and several places that have valleys and headwaters of the valley, have been victims of coca, -when the plant is excedentario [in excess]- when used to manufacture cocaine. Los Yungas region has traditionally been a producer of vegetables, coffee,…
Totora, Bolivia’s architectural gem
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Totora, Bolivia’s architectural gem With its colonial houses -some abandoned after the earthquake in May 1998- Totora lives its present. The jewel of colonial and republican architecture evokes among its nearly empty streets and rooftops of their old buildings a warm story suspended in time. With houses 400…
The Bolivian fiasco of the vote abroad…
Carlos Cordero writes in El Deber: The Bolivian fiasco of the vote abroad Long before the completion of the October elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal spokesmen said they anticipated enrollment in the external electoral roll of 660,000 Bolivians living in 33 countries. In some illuminated heads in the government team, had occurred them that it…
Bolivia is not taking the right approach to protect Cerro Rico
Pagina Siete reports: PRESERVATION Sergeomin tasks began prospecting in the Cerro Rico The Geological Mining Service (Sergeomin) started from mid-October to draft mining geological prospecting in the southern extension of the Cerro Rico (hills Huakajchi Grande and Chico). The new areas will serve to relocate cooperatives. “Officially began the campaign of geophysical survey (IP and…
Bolivia’s Rare Bond Sale Proves a Warning to Yield Hunters
From Bloomberg BusinessWeek, although over a year old of being written, it holds fully: Bolivia’s Rare Bond Sale Proves a Warning to Yield Hunters By Nathan Gill and Veronica Navarro Espinosa January 24, 2013 Bolivia’s first international bond sale in almost a century is turning into a cautionary tale for fixed-income investors trying to bolster…
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