25% price fall of Santa Cruz soybeans, ton is priced at $340

El Diario reports: International prices on six basic food are down: 25% price fall of Santa Cruz soybeans, ton is priced at $340 The price of soybeans presented a downward trend during the last month as a result of a global oversupply and reduced Chinese demand for the oilseed. According to a cruceño producer, the…

Bolivia needs results/support to producers, not cheap demagogue!

Pagina Siete reports: REPORTING FOUR PROBLEMS Camelid producers have no market Camelid producers of La Paz department say that they lack market for marketing their products, so they prefer to take them to Peru. “We as camelid producers do not have a market. In the Province Franz Tamayo, near the border with Peru, the brothers…

Bolivia 2014 Crime and Safety Report

Bolivia 2014 Crime and Safety Report Travel Health and Safety; Transportation Security; Surveillance; Stolen items; Theft; Fraud; Kidnapping; Assault; Burglary; Financial Security; Floods; Carjacking; Riots/Civil Unrest; Earthquakes; Drug Trafficking Western Hemisphere > Bolivia; Western Hemisphere > Bolivia > La Paz 8/22/2014 Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime Threats Most major cities in Bolivia have Medium…

2014 World Food Program response to Bolivia floods

This report was issued 09/02/2014: Bolivia Floods Bulletin N° 14, 2 September 2014 Highlights of the emergency The third and last food distribution within the Emergency Operation (EMOP) 200625 will come to an end during the second week of September. However, EMOP will go until the end of October. WFP will assess the possibility of…

UN human rights commission cannot work in Bolivia

Correo del Sur reports: QHARA QHARA FILES HARASSMENT COMPLAINT IN QUILA QUILA Unions deny passage to a UN commission A human rights commission of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner was prevented yesterday [09/09/2014] to enter the territory of the Nation Qhara Qhara Suyu by a group of affiliated unions in the site, yesterday reported…