El Diario reports: Cerro Rico de Potosí sinks in 60 meters The Cerro Rico de Potosí recorded a sinking of magnitude at the top of the mountain that has a radius of 30 meters and a depth of 60 meters. This situation occurs prior to the visit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
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Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 for Bolivia
A report made by the World Economic Forum: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 for Bolivia [To understand how to read this two-page report, please read first the description and then look at that portion of the report] LEFT-HAND PAGE The left-hand page is divided into three sections: 1. Key indicators This section presents several…
Let’s not forget how a true populist demagogue behaved with the Bolivian disabled!
Jonathan Watts reports for The Guardian; along with a very harsh video … Bolivia’s caravan of courage leaves a bittersweet legacy for disabled protesters When disabled protesters traversed the Andes to lobby for improved benefits, they were met with a police blockade. The Fight, a Guardian documentary, chronicles a battle that led to brutal violence…
The true demagogue face of the coca grower caudillo and harsh consequences for the people of Bolivia
The coca grower caudillo whose primary responsibility is to the six federations of coca growers of the Chapare and then, only then, as president of Bolivia, has made promises he can not keep due to his inept capacity to govern. Cheap demagogue with money during the early days of his presidency, allowed him to force…
Bolivian State at risk of losing $ 191.2 million due to ochlocrat behavior of ruling party
El Diario reports: Bond purchases from El Salvador State at risk of losing $ 191.2 million • BCB: Bonds from El Salvador are “fully” guaranteed by the Central American Bank The state is at risk of losing $191.2 million dollars, owing to the economic instability of El Salvador, said Sen. Óscar Ortiz, a Democrat, who…
The true legacy of the coca grower who functions as Bolivian president … right, president in lower caps
David Gagne reports for InSight Crime: Arrests Suggest Brazilian Gangs Are Deepening Presence in Bolivia Recent actions carried out in Bolivia by Brazil‘s two most powerful prison gangs indicate these groups are looking to deepen their presence in the Andean nation as part of a wider struggle to gain control of the regional drug trade….
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