AFP reports for Los Tiempos: Aerial view of smoke coming out of a fire near Charagua in Bolivia, on the border with Paraguay, which was recorded in August. | File photo | AFP The uncontrollable fires in Bolivia since August devastated 4.1 million hectares of forest and grassland, the private NGO Friends of Nature Foundation…
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Bolivian court restricts publication of poll showing tight re-election race for President Morales
Committee to Protect Journalists reports, graphic at the bottom was retrieved from the internet: Bogotá, September 17, 2019 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a decision by Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal to restrict the dissemination of a public opinion poll, and urged authorities to allow journalists to report freely on elections. On September…
OAS Says Lula Forced the Company to Undertake Bolivia Construction Project
Felipe Bächtold & José Marques, Folha; Paula Bianchi, The Intercept Brasil, report for Folha de Sao Paulo: Case was shared by Lava Jato prosecutors; former president denies illicit While negotiating a plea bargain agreement, businessman Léo Pinheiro, former president of OAS, said the construction company undertook work in Bolivia to please former president Lula (PT)….
Bolivia: the largest informal economy
Jimmy Ortiz writes in El Diario: Bolivia has the largest informal economy in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a working document entitled Shadow economies around the world: what have we learned in the last 20 years? In which 158 economies were studied, the country obtained a percentage of 62.3% (El…
Bolivia election poll sparks blowback after rivals appear to gain on Morales
Reporting By Monica Machicao, Writing By Mitra Taj; Editing by David Gregorio for Reuters: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s top electoral court has threatened to sanction a local university for publishing what it deemed an “invalid” opinion poll that showed President Evo Morales much weaker than previously believed ahead of the Oct. 20 general election….
Fire uncovered land division in Chiquitania
El Diario reports: Assigned for intercultural settlements National Unit regretted that the Government has not identified those responsible for the transfer of coca growers and intercultural for the slash-and-burn that led to the biggest ecological disaster in Santa Cruz Communities received resolutions approving settlements from INRA until March, although the institution denied that permits have…
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