Bolivia’s abandoned ski resort: A sign of droughts to come?

BBC News reports: Bolivia’s abandoned ski resort: A sign of droughts to come? Bolivia’s largest city, La Paz, is currently enduring its worst drought in a quarter of a century. Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply. Simon Parker visited the abandoned ski resort of Chacaltaya, where locals say they…

Bolivia November inflation 0.42 pct, 12-month rate 3.88 pct

Reuters reports: Bolivia November inflation 0.42 pct, 12-month rate 3.88 pct Dec 6 Bolivian inflation was 0.42 percent in November, up from 0.37 percent in October, the government’s National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Tuesday. Prices of food, particularly potatoes and tomatoes, as well as housing and basic services, drove the rise, INE said in…

evo is a true and despicable ochlocrat!

We can no longer expect otherwise, the coca grower caudillo has reached his full potential: the incapacity to govern! This cartoon is from El Dia 11/24/2016. It portrays the numerous failures at managing public funds and the total incompetence at delivering his demagogue, in an attempt to remain in power, after wasting over $150 billion…

Drought grips Bolivia

Reuters reports via The Washington Post: Drought grips Bolivia November 30, 2016 4:47 AM EST – Bolivia’s worst drought in 25 years is affecting large regions of the country. Some residents are only receiving water three days a week, while many collect rain water to offset their dwindling water rations. (Reuters) [to watch video, please…

The Water War

Violeta Ayala writes in The Huffington Post: The Water War “Don’t jump the queue! I was the first in line. Get out of the way!” Shouts a man carrying a bucket, “I’ve got three kids and was waiting somewhere else and when the water truck came there wasn’t enough for all of us. We don’t…