Fitch Downgrades Bolivia’s IDRs to ‘BB-‘; Outlook Stable

CBS 8, Business Wire reports: Fitch Downgrades Bolivia’s IDRs to ‘BB-‘; Outlook Stable Posted: Jul 13, 2016 5:43 PM BOT Updated: Jul 13, 2016 5:43 PM BOT NEW YORK –(BUSINESS WIRE) Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bolivia’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘BB-‘ from ‘BB’. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The…

Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade

InSight Crime reports: Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade Written by Luis Fernando Alonso Authorities in Bolivia last year confiscated almost 600 metric tons of precursor chemicals used to process cocaine, underlining the nation’s importance in the South American chain of production for the drug. Officials from Bolivia’s Chemical Substances Investigation Group (El…

UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation … not damn enough!

InSight Crime reports: UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation Written by Deborah Bonello Coca cultivation in Bolivia has reached its lowest levels since United Nations monitoring began in 2003, moving the country closer to policy makers’ de facto cap on coca crops. But as transnational drug trafficking intensifies, the world’s third-largest coca producer…

Bolivian ochlocracy 101: evo delivers his best…

A cartoon from Pagina Siete: It is disgusting to see how the coca grower caudillo had wasted over $150 billion dollars during the years of his presidency. Now that the international prices of our commodity exports have fallen, the demagogue populist has no better option than to continue to squeeze those of us who relentlessly…

Freedom of Expression is under peril in Bolivia!

Today’s cartoon in El Diario reflects Bolivian democracy is in danger! The press is being hunted fierce and relentlessly by the masistas. Freedom of expression is under peril. Owners and journalists of media who remain “independent”, that is: not under the control of the government, who have not been bought or “purchased” with propaganda money…