Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: A STUDY OF TEN YEARS AGO IS NOT UPDATED CONTRABAND REPRESENTS 45% OF IMPORTS A study conducted between 2004 and 2005 showed that smuggling represented 45 percent of legal imports, which at the time reached approximately $2,500 million dollars, representing an illegal income of about 800-1,000 million dollars. The…
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Bolivian Human Rights 101: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights
From Human Rights Watch: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights Recent Laws on Child Labor, Justice, Free Expression Need Revision DECEMBER 15, 2014 (New York) – Bolivia should amend several laws that undermine the rights to freedom of association and expression, due process guarantees, and children’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter…
Is the current Bolivian gov prepared for having more expenses than income?!
El Diario reports: Bolivia will have more expenses than income Economists argue that the effects will be felt in the performance of the national economy in 2015. The loss will be between $700 to $1,000 million if oil prices remain below $70 a barrel in the Texas market. The country will receive less income by…
Nuclear? Environmentalists suggest other energy sources for Bolivia
ANF reports in El Diario: Recommend dismiss nuclear energy Environmentalists suggest other energy sources in the country The vice president of the Bolivian Forum on Environment and Development (Fobomade), Patricia Molina, considered unnecessary to build a nuclear reactor to implement it for energy purposes, considering that Bolivia has other options for generating clean energy that…
How can we manage illegality in today’s Bolivia?
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Manage illegality There is an area of the end of year balance, that will probably be bypassed by officers and employees of the Government. It is a balance that would help understand the pride of the Minister of Economy and his covered, concealed or re-covered helpers. Should be called:…
In Bolivia this is not an understatement: “Justice is rotten”
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: “Justice is rotten” Said by the vice president and I support him fully for the first time: “Justice is rotten”. What has not said by the ‘vice’ is that justice is rotten from the moment that the MAS (who would have that idea?) came up with those judicial elections….
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