From BBC: Child labour laws: A step back for advancing Bolivia? By Katy Watson BBC South America Business reporter, Alpacoma, La Paz For nine-year-old Samuel Juan Ramos Gomez, brick making is part of everyday life. When he has finished school for the day, he puts down his pencil and picks up a shovel, helping his…
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Bolivia, 2nd most dangerous country in construction works
Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: According to American expert Bolivia, 2nd most dangerous country in construction works Construction. Falls are the leading cause of death worldwide. The American specialist in fall protection, Jean Pierre Martin, said that Bolivia is the second country after Venezuela in not having rules to protect the lives of workers….
Bolivia to have a new steel factory! About time!!!
Henrry Ugarte reports in El Deber: Las Lomas invests U.S. $ 10 million in steel factory The plant will serve domestic demand, will compete with foreign production, in 2015 will reach its maximum capacity of 36,000 tons of solid bars . The sector is satisfied. The business group Las Lomas Ltd. yesterday [2/8/14] put into…
Investment trends in Bolivia during 2014
Efrain Valera and Gary Rojas report for El Deber: EXPERTS IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR INVESTMENT Ten sectors that seduce investments for 2014 Market. Food, buying franchises, services to extractive industries, among others, open the opportunity to new capital. The chia, quinoa, wheat, sugar cane and fruits are some of the sectors seeking to attract more investments…
Bolivian cement production going down and our growth is limited…
One of our most active internal industries is Real State, specially in Santa Cruz, followed by the rest of the country. It generates employment not only in construction but around all services and furniture needed for the household or the office. Around this time, every year we began to experience shortages in cement production, smoke…
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