What is Bolivia becoming to? Coca reality and a grim dark future?

Claudio Ferrufino writes for El Dia, how Bolivians are left with nothing… how we are pushed and been manipulated by a few hollow people… Coquivia [coca-road] The destroyer of mother earth rubs his chubby hands with pleasure. He is sure that finally has got carte blanche to expand his business. He, in person, or the…

Is there any real purpose to bad-mouth the USA?

Manfredo Kempff writes for El Diario: Keep proportions Though the Government claims the new plurinational State is absolutely sovereign, which has changed the defeatist mentality of the Bolivian, which are not pawns of anybody, we want partners and not patrons, Bolivia, with some not very good changes, remains the same for some years. There are,…

Elections in Beni

Carlos Cordero analyzes the elections in Beni; elections that are a result of the political pressure from current national government… From El Deber: Elections in Beni Finally the Amazon soap-opera about a heartless Government and the sad story of kidnapped democracy will reach the end of its first chapter. Now comes the second and definitive….

No need to celebrate anything, the UN denies possibility of exporting coca

Long-time leader of the coca growers and current president of Bolivia has “staged” “great” celebrations of what he and his acolytes believe it is a success… ERBOL reports: Growers celebrate the chewed decriminalization UN denies Bolivia the possibility of exporting coca Monday, January 14, 2013 – 12: 06 The representative of the United Nations Office…

The salary increase

Alberto Bonadona’s article in Pagina Siete: The salary increase The request for a salary of more than Bs8,000 by the trade unions is more a pose than a conviction. The Government will conclude the annual routine with the usual struggle and will award an increase around five per cent, which exceeds the rise of the…