Pagina Siete reports on a recent poll about what worries the citizens of Bolivia: The lack of public safety, the family economy and the growth of corruption are the main concerns of Bolivians, according to the latest IPSOS poll. The opinion study prepared for Pagina Siete reveals that 23% of the country is concerned about…
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Money laundering & inflation against Bolivian society
This cartoon is from El Diario, November 30, 2011. It portrays how much money laundering, and narco-traffick are becoming a real nuisance and are also more widely perceived by Bolivian society; out there for anyone to see… In the cartoon the person is pointing and saying: “these buildings are known as ‘washing buildings’ they whiten…
Transparency International ranks Bolivia’s corruption
I made this collage from Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2011. On the left, there is the scale by color and numbers from the very clean to the highly corrupt perception for 2011. Below the title in black, Bolivia’s map with its “corruption’s color and those of our neighbors. To the right, the list of…
Government official from the Ministry of Cultures caught with drugs
The special combat force against drug trafficking (FELCN) seized last weekend in El Alto international airport, an official from the Ministry of Cultures was apprehended carrying 28 grams of marijuana, according to police sources. This occurred on Sunday, November 13 when Paola Rivas, head of the unit for the coordination of departmental councils for culture, dependent of the Ministry of Cultures,…
Bolivian government’s: Prebends, Bribery, Payoff; Subsidies, Bonuses or plain naiveté?
The following link is from an article that was written by Julio H. Linares C. and published by Los Tiempos, 10/12/11. Linares lists all the unrestricted, unplanned, highly questioned disbursements current Bolivian president has made since he assumed office and in special under this week’s “extraordinary” circumstances. Yes, too close to the so-called Judicial “elections”…
Bolivian October Judicial “elections”? … no stupid, just “votation”!
That seems to be what most Bolivians feel about the Judicial “elections” that will take place this October 16th. All candidates in the absurdly and awkwardly large paper that portrays those “candidates” were not selected by merit in an open procedure. They were “pre-selected” by current political party in government. Thus, the quotes on the…
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