ANF reports in El Deber: Manufactured exports fall and gold rebounds Industrial exports between January to August 2013 fell – 7.5% compared to similar period of 2012, according to INE, since as of August this year, industrial exports came to $1,859 million, when in August 2012 were in $2,009 million. According to data of the…
Tag: bad politics
Do you know who is the true racist in Bolivia?!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: Who is the racist? Milena Fernández, TV presenter is being harassed by the public prosecutor of Oruro, which accused her of “racist”, in one of her tourist programs she said that city, despite its virtues, “stink”. No one may like being told that their town sucks, but the people…
Under current ochlocracy, Bolivia lost the state-of-law!!
Carlos Toranzo writes for Pagina Siete: Non-existence of the State of law Who, who accepts the rule and follows it? In our country, who accept the laws and respect them? It seems that no one or very few. On the contrary, we have entered to the whirlpool that all counts, the total disregard and violation…
Bolivian poor are experiencing higher inflation rates!
ANF reports in El Deber: INFLATION According to Jubileo, inflation for the poor comes to 7.04% Jubileo [Jubilee] Foundation points out that the greatest consequence of inflation rests on the poorest, since these families spend more than half of their income on food. » Inflation accumulated to September stood at 5.6% The Jubileo Foundation said…
Bolivian ochlocratic central government through the humor lens!
Here a few cartoons from Bolivian newspapers that portray our daily ordeal under this ochlocracy: From La Razon, June 26, 2013: Portrays how current central government relentlessly and in complete disrespect of mother nature and indigenous communities, which they say were to respect, still persists on cutting the TIPNIS in half, right through the middle…
Bolivian certified forests decreased by 50%!!!
is the league for the defense of the environment, the best NGOs around Bolivia and I had the privilege of have worked/interacted with them back in the 90s. Today, I want to highlight a very serious issue raised by LIDEMA for our environment: Bolivian certified forests decreased by 50% Bolivia left the leadership in the…
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