Campo Grande News: With recalculation of borders, MS “loses” 5.9 km² of territory to Bolivia According to IBGE data, territory was readjusted due to the physical reality of rivers By Guilherme Correia Contrary to the Brazilian territory, the territorial extension of Mato Grosso do Sul “lost” about 5,913 km², after the recalculation of borders made…
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Lies are not exported – No se exporta mentiras
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Lies are not exported It is somewhat humiliating for a Bolivian official to have to explain to a Brazilian official that Bolivia cannot send the agreed volume of natural gas. And even less if it is the natural gas owed. A gas for which Brazil paid in advance, and…
Bolivia’s YPFB strikes transition deal with Petrobras to extend natural gas exports
Reuters reports: SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Bolivian state-owned oil firm YPFB said on Saturday it has reached a deal with Petroleo Brasileiro SA to extend natural gas exports through the Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline commonly known as Gasbol. The so-called transition deal comes after several meetings between the two companies in Brazil over the last month…
Remittances will decrease: Jobless, Bolivians Head Back to Their Land
EMILIO SANT’ANNA AVENER PRADO reports: Jobless, Bolivians Head Back to Their Land Chile is not the only country receiving immigrants from Brazil and Haitians are not the only ones leaving the country. The economic crisis is also seeing Bolivians head back to their land. Employment announcements for tailor and seamstress offices remain fixed in the…
Brazilian Comptroller would investigate OAS contracts in Bolivia
Los Tiempos reports: Brazilian Comptroller would investigate OAS contracts in Bolivia The head of the bloc of Democratic Unity (UD), Arturo Murillo, yesterday [03/14/2016] asked the vice president of the Court of Accounts of the Union (Controller) of the Republic of Brazil, Julio Marcelo de Oliveira, the investigation of the lucrative contracts signed by OAS,…
Due to lack of coherent policies, the castana [chestnut] market faces saturation
Roxana Villa reports for El Deber: Chestnut crisis facing market saturation The markets for the Bolivian product [castaña] are closing, due to the import of nearly 6,000 tons of Brazilian almond. The sector calls for more regulation. Despite the $192 million dollars generated by the export of chestnut [bertholletia excelsa] in 2015, the northern Amazon…
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