Rodrigo Viga reports for Reuters: Brazilian study urges Petrobras to cut Bolivian natural gas purchases Petróleo Brasileiro SA should cut the maximum amount of natural gas it buys from neighboring Bolivia in half in an effort to encourage domestic importers and distributors to enter the market, according to a Brazilian government study. The study by…
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Bolivia: Banana exports decrease by 4%
Fresh Plaza reports from La Prensa: Bolivia: Banana exports decrease by 4% The value of banana exports between January and April 2017 fell by 4 percent when compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). The banana producers from the tropics said that the fall was due…
Blatant Corruption: ‘70% of the confiscation of property disappeared’
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: According to investigation by Senator Gonzales: ‘70% of the confiscation of property disappeared’ The Assemblywoman said that it is not baout simple responsible officials, but a criminal organization. During the last years, the assets of the General Directorate of Registration and Control and Administration of Seized Goods (Dircabi) reached…
Like Somalia and Colombia … this “government” is loosing ground to narcotrafficking!
El Diario reports: Brazil drug cartels operate in the country • At least 100 emissaries of the Brazilian Primer Comando da Capital (PCC) [Pimer Comando de Capital] cartel were detected operating in Bolivia, police commander Abel de la Barra reported. • Brazilian and Bolivian authorities will gather in the neighboring country to coordinate operations, such…
The true legacy of the coca grower who functions as Bolivian president … right, president in lower caps
David Gagne reports for InSight Crime: Arrests Suggest Brazilian Gangs Are Deepening Presence in Bolivia Recent actions carried out in Bolivia by Brazil‘s two most powerful prison gangs indicate these groups are looking to deepen their presence in the Andean nation as part of a wider struggle to gain control of the regional drug trade….
Bolivia Minister Sticks to Party Line on Foreign Cartel Presence … WTH?!
David Cagne reports for InSight Crime: Bolivia Minister Sticks to Party Line on Foreign Cartel Presence Bolivia’s interior minister said emissaries of Brazilian and Colombian drug trafficking groups are operating within the Andean nation, but the scope of foreign participation in the country’s drug trade could be greater than the minister admits. [cartoon is from…
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