Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Ex-Presidents, Opposition Figures Accuse Bolivia’s Morales of Political Persecution LA PAZ – Two former Bolivian presidents, an ex-vice president and three leaders of opposition parties on Wednesday said that President Evo Morales has transformed the judiciary into an “instrument of political persecution” to take action against his adversaries, thus damaging…
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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…
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…
Bolivia Minister Sticks to Party Line on Foreign Cartel Presence … WTH?!
David Cagne reports for InSight Crime: Bolivia Minister Sticks to Party Line on Foreign Cartel Presence Bolivia’s interior minister said emissaries of Brazilian and Colombian drug trafficking groups are operating within the Andean nation, but the scope of foreign participation in the country’s drug trade could be greater than the minister admits. [cartoon is from…
A compelling reason why not build dams in Bolivia: New species are registered in Madidi
El Diario reports: New species are registered in Madidi Dozens of new species of mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and hundreds of butterflies were discovered by a scientific expedition in the Bolivian park Madidi. The terrestrial paradise of biodiversity, little explored is located in the Amazon of Bolivia and adjacent to Peru; The Madidi Reserve…
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