Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Swiss cocoa taster empowers producers Markus Lutz spent five days in La Paz evaluating grains of cacao from five regions of the country so that producers and entrepreneurs achieve quality in Switzerland. Fermentation is one of the secrets to get a grain of high quality cocoa, explains Swiss taster,…
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How to generate employment and economic value for Bolivia!
Alberto Bonadona writes in Pagina Siete: Between what is said and what you want to hear Last week I witnessed an excellent exhibition by Enrique Velazco in the Central Bank, in which he addressed a group mostly composed of economists. The clarity with which exposed the data and the explanation made by were, as always,…
Do Bolivians take enough vacation?
This is an interesting information, made known to me by my lovely daughter. From Creative Solutions for Living Well + Doing Good: Infographic: Vacation Time Around the World “To be human is to need a break from time to time. Yet, the amount of time we get to spend away from work varies widely…
Bolivian quinoa is ALL over the world!
… and make no mistake, Bolivian ROYAL QUINOA is the best of the varieties out there, and it can ONLY be grown in our highlands, Potosi!! other varieties are grown in neighboring countries, the USA, even China… but to my pride, OUR ROYAL QUINOA is for REAL and EXPORT! The UN, NASA are among the…
Quinoa for export…? just the name or the actual produce??!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Quinoa for export It’s been the international year of quinoa and has left, a more famous quinoa in the world, but also leaves a problematic legacy: • The price of quinoa in Bolivia is rising despite the efforts of companies to keep stocked the domestic market. • The rest…
Are Bolivian families loosing touch with reality and means to be better-off?
This article is not directly related to Bolivian issues, however it gives great opportunity to review our beliefs, our actions… to overcome poverty. The Pope’s “War on Capitalism” and Why Rich Kids Stay Rich by Kaisa Snellman “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of…
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