Current Bolivian government continues to show it cares very little of laws and manipulates them at will. Estefany Claros Aldana reports for El Dia: Adriana Gil prepares an injunction to avoid suspension The opposition Deputy, from National Convergence (CN), Adriana Gil, announced that she is preparing a Constitutional Protection [Amparo Constitucional] to avoid being suspended,…
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BOLIVIA MUST have CLEAR RULES and LEGAL CERTAINTY
An excellent article by El Diario, an excellent speech by IBCE’s president: IBCE demands legal certainty and clear rules The President of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Commerce (IBCE), José Luis Landívar Bowles, stated that Bolivia private entrepreneurs may not plan their business strategies due to the uncertainty that exists in the country and called…
TIPNIS: Chaparina without justice!!
This is an Editorial from El Deber: Chaparina without Justice A year after having happened, it is still present in the collective memory, the brutal repression in Chaparina against hundreds of men, women and children marching in defense of their territory against the construction of a road through the heart of the TIPNIS. In that…
So much for the “governmental friendship” between Argentina and Bolivia…
As much as it cost to open up markets for alternative development products, Chapare bananas continue to struggle in the international markets. This time, Argentina with higher taxes that makes our exports non-viable… this action is another demonstration of how ‘good’ are current government’s international alliances… current president’s of both countries like to talk about…
Extract or produce? Which is better for Bolivia?
Development dilemma? It certainly proved elsewhere, value added to primary commodities will bring wealth to a nation. El Diario publishes this interesting reality… To the detriment of higher levels of growth Extraction model does not lead to the productive according to economists In the case of the cooperative mining companies, there is the need for…
Santa Cruz is competitive and produces, despite its detractors!
Milenio Foundation released a very interesting report, No.163, September 14, 2012: Santa Cruz economy, Bolivia sustainable growth Santa Cruz economy continues to be the first to contribute to the growth of the GDP, with 27.1 per cent, although it continues to decline their participation. Its exports exceeded $2,120 million in 2011, surpassing levels reached in…
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