Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: COLCHANI, Bolivia — Bolivia is taking another shot at lithium investment. After decades of stalled projects and soured relationships with international investors, the central government, under left-wing President Luis Arce, is evaluating offers from six overseas mining companies eager to help the country set up a monopoly on the world’s largest deposit…
Tag: demagogue
A profound difference – Una profunda diferencia
CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press, ABC News: In Bolivia, literacy training makes a profound difference Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its citizens could not read nor write a generation ago PUCARANI, Bolivia — Anacleta Mamani has no teeth, but a happy smile: She’s learned to read and…
MAS: Cheap politicking – Politiquería barata
El Diario: Camacho criticizes spending “millions on politicking” After the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the dispute between Chile and Bolivia over the waters of Silala, the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, criticized the two defeats against the trans-Andean country and considers that Evo Morales should be prosecuted. He…
Census law bogged down by seats in congress | Ley del Censo empantanada por escaños en el Congreso
Diego Seas, El Deber: According to the Interinstitutional Committee, the point that now bogs down the Census Law is the redistribution of seats The spokesman Manfredo Bravo affirmed that the project should be approved in the Senate until this weekend, in order to send it quickly to the Executive The spokesman for the Inter-institutional Committee…
Luis Arce: Who is? – ¿Quien es?
Javier Medrano – Periodista/Journalist: Arce, a defeated politician The president of Bolivia is a tiny man. Not only because of his banal and superfluous personality, but also because, as a public official, he has no weight. He is not important. He does not move the needle of the scale. He is not a leader. He…
Lack of legal certainty | Falta de seguridad jurídica
El Diario: Senador Erick Morón (Creemos). Threats of nationalization confirm risks for private The declarations of supporters of the MAS and pro-government legislators to affect private property and prevent the passage of products destined to supply the local market, affect the entire population. After threats from pro-government parliamentarians and sectors related to the Movement for…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 