This cartoon [10/05/2016] is from El Diario: Bolivia led by the current president, is dangerously approaching the cliff, anarchy rules and everyone pushes to their own preferred way … The coca grower’s caudillo legacy can be summarized in the above cartoon … He managed to make Bolivians fight among each other. He sowed discord among…
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South Florida man arrested for trying to send AK-47s to Bolivia
Alfonso Chardy reports for the Miami Herald: South Florida man arrested for trying to send AK-47s to Bolivia A South Florida man, Andrés Mejía Tellez, has been arrested during a federal sting operation during which he admitted to trying to export five AK-47 assault rifles to Bolivia from Miami, according to federal court records. Mejía…
Bolivia’s ‘Taliban’ miners have something to tell us
Eduardo Baptista writes in Varsity: Bolivia’s ‘Taliban’ miners have something to tell us When Eduardo Baptista escaped an exploding mountain, it got him thinking about how we make ourselves heard. I was sleeping blissfully with my face smack against the bus window when a cacophony of increasingly loud Spanish-speaking voices woke me up. “Blockade, the…
Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests
Ryan Dube reports for The Wall Street Journal: Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests Cabinet of President Evo Morales approves measures that would increase regulation, ban use of dynamite in demonstrations. Bolivia’s government on Thursday moved to increase control over mining cooperatives in the wake of violent protests that resulted in the…
Minimum economic contribution of cooperatives BUT humongous political clout!
El Diario reports: INE published data Minimum economic contribution of cooperatives The National Statistics Institute (INE) revealed that mining cooperatives and small ones contributed to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with just 2.2 percent between January and May 2016. During this period, these two sectors have produced 58,692 metric tons of fine zinc concentrates; the total…
More deaths in Bolivia due to appalling government management
Reuters reports and photo from Pagina Siete; Bolivian deputy interior minister killed by miners: report By Daniel Ramos | LA PAZ Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was beaten to death by striking mineworkers after being kidnapped, local media reported on Thursday, citing a radio station director who said he saw his body. His death…
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