It is highly questionable the fact that our country has to import diesel, gasoline and other liquids since our hydrocarbon industry is failing for the last six years or so… on top of that nightmare our subsidized import is now being smuggled to Peru. That border, where Aymara towns have control of incoming and outgoing…
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Soy derivatives’ smuggled to Peru
Eduardo Quintela writes for El Dia: Grows the smuggling on the border of Desaguadero Soy derivatives ‘escape’ to Peru Special report. El Dia notes the increase in petty-smuggling with little control. The ton is worth $161 in Peru Monday, June 25, 2012 It only took a couple of hours so that hundreds of quintals of…
Bolivian sins
Bolivian sins by Humberto Vacaflor G., appeared in http://www.hoybolivia.com For those who do not believe that the situation of Bolivia looks like Somalia, that State was dissolved in 1991 and has ceased to exist, here are some facts. Before making this list, it’s worth remembering that Somalia is a territory without a State, is a…
UNASUR’s anti narcotics commitment
This cartoon is from El Diario, Nov 23, 2011. While it is commendable any effort to combat narco-trafficking in this hemisphere, UNASUR’s intentions and will are perceived as been like this cartoon portrays. The fight against drugs cannot be just a political discourse. The intent of UNASUR to fight this billionaire business needs to align…
Stolen vehicles and bureaucracy
Pagina Siete reports an estimated 8,000 stolen vehicles (mostly from neighboring countries) are currently in the process of nationalization, as declared by the president of the National Customs of Bolivia (ANB), Marlene Ardaya to ERBOL network, and published by Pagina Siete on Monday Oct. 31 . Ardaya previously indicated that, as a result of allowing over 128,000 vehicles that were smuggled and now in the process of making…
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