Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive

David Hill reports for The Guardian: Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive Director of CEDIB in Cochabamba says they’re being punished for criticising natural resource exploitation and other government policies. One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organisations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear…

Ultimate Bolivian gov’s international embarrassment!

Adam Shaw reports for Fox News: SECURITY COUNCIL Haley forces Bolivia to defend Assad ‘atrocities’ in ‘public view’ at UN session U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley forced Bolivia to “defend the atrocities of the Syrian regime” in “full public view” on Friday, after the country’s ambassador requested a closed session to discuss President…

A rational wage increase is the best option for Bolivia!

Miguel Roca reports for El Deber: IBCE suggests a rational wage increase From the IBCE, they consider that an increase higher than the index of inflation would bring negative consequences in the companies and would affect labor stability. Gary Rodriguez, general manager of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE), warned Wednesday [04/05/2017] that a…

Useless and demagogue gov fails again! Now with employees and businesses!

This cartoon from La Razon [03/29/2017] outlines the real nature of the coca grower’s caudillo government: Letting go people from a job, with notice or without ,,,, is more complicated than this ochlocracy could have ever thought possible … This is only a reflection of the “capacity” to govern … they are more interested in remaining…

Desperate coca grower’s gov is seeking new ways to tax us!

El Diario reports: 2017 Pilot Economic Census The director of the National Statistical Institute (INE), Luis Pereira, informed that from the first days of April will be launched the pilot test of the 2017 Economic Census in three departments of the country. The consultation will serve to update information of the sector, under the concept…

Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists

Catholic News Agency reports: Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists Sucre, Bolivia, Mar 27, 2017 / 03:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A bill in Bolivia that would allow abortions only for certain groups of women is uniting unlikely groups in opposition to the policy – namely, Bolivian bishops and pro-choice feminists. Abortion is…