Breaking news: El Deber’s website just announced the inevitable… our desires and hopes to consolidate iron steel industry have suffered a serious drawback. Bolivia lost in the last six years, the opportunity to consolidate El Mutun, follows the short news and below the extended information, thank you: Jindal walks away from Bolivia According to preliminary…
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Bolivian economy and its institutional weakening – Bolivian macroeconomics 101 – July 2012
Fundacion Milenio has released another good report, No.154 dated July 13, 2012; because os its relevance, I reproduce in its entirety: The Bolivian economy and its institutional weakening The Bolivian economy continues to enjoy an economic boom that, despite the problems that have arisen in Europe and United States, maintains high prices for our exports. This…
For Bolivian entrepreneurs, reversal of mines is a bad sign for investments
Ambivalence in the speech of government officials is damaging our ability to capture foreign capital investment for years to come. At times, current government attends meetings where they invite foreign capitals to come, at other they attack capitalism and do not enforce the law, allowing for violent take overs and anarchy to rule our businesses…
The Castaña (Amazonian walnut) is an export leader!!
It is hard to get an accurate translation of “castaña” in many markets is known as Brazilian Nut (chestnut, walnut, nut), even though most of it comes from Bolivia, mainly from Pando, the portion of that department closer to Beni has its produce handled in medium size cities. In any case, it is a product…
Bolivia status under the 2012 World Drug Report
The 2012 World Drug Report made by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has important information about Bolivia. The impact of drugs and crime on development, public safety, and our political life; should have to force us to sit and reflect what to we want to become in the very near future. Do…
Mallku Khota’s community people call for nationalization in exchange for hostages
It is plain anarchy and blackmail, our mining industry is going down the drain, this is not the way to attract foreign capital or at least intend to sell our ores. Not only those community people are wrong, so is current government for letting this happen, El Diario reports: The President of the Committee for…
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