After the election for Governors and Mayors in Bolivia, it was clear that something happened to the support to the coca grower ochlocracy, the masismo lost big time. Humberto Vacaflor describes superbly the mood of the president, he writes in HoyBolivia.com Moods of the President President Evo Morales is not a fool, as is well-known….
Tag: bad politics
The incompetence and damaging “learning” process of the masismo! WTH!?
In his well-rehearsed melodramatic voice, current Bolivia president always like to say “I am learning, I did not know…” … over and over we heard this, through a “learning” decade, that Bolivia has lost, over $150 billion of our dollars were wasted. Now, the news of a failure, due to irresponsible demagogue and plain incompetence…
Ruling gov disguises public investment figures! – Oclocracia masista disfraza las cifras de la inversión pública!
Today, I’m posting an analysis made by a Santa Cruz reputable economist: Ruling gov disguises public investment figures! The central government disguised figures of public investment, including bonus payments (dignity rent, Juana Azurduy, Juancito Pinto) on investment which is not, includes payments of salaries of the consultants of public companies, which nor is investment in…
We will see how serious is this government with oil exploration!
La Prensa reports: OIL EXPLORATION ADVANCES Hydrocarbons Minister, Luis Alberto Sánchez, reported yesterday [02/28/2015] that oil exploration in the country advances, especially in “the Carohuaicho 8A, 8B and eastern areas, which will invest about $278 million, which will give a boost to hydrocarbon exploration in the country”. [The postal stamps shown below, are from the 60s,…
Is Bolivia going to frack ‘Mother Earth’?
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Is Bolivia going to frack ‘Mother Earth’? First steps towards producing shale gas meet with increasing concern among Bolivian civil society. The momentum is building. Bolivia’s state oil and gas company YPFB announced in early 2013 it would begin studies to identify shale gas deposits, and in November that…
Bolivia private sector without agreement on salary increase for 2015
La Prensa reports: DIFFERENCES PRIVATE WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON SALARY The Confederation of Private Employers of Bolivia (CEPB) noted that they don’t know about the wage increase proposal submitted by the industry and asks that the negotiations on this issue be tripartite. The president of the organization that brings together the private sector, Daniel Sanchez, said…
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