International Business Times reports: Bolivia: Disabled protesters clash with riot police over state benefits in La Paz By James Lillywhite [to watch video, please use link at the bottom] Disabled protesters clashed with riot police in Bolivia, as the call for a rise in state benefits in the country intensifies. Dozens of protesters could be…
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UN asked Bolivia gov to investigate the attacks to the home of the Ombudsman
AFP reports in Pagina Siete: UN asked to investigate the attacks to the home of the Ombudsman Two fires were recorded at the home of Villena who described the events ‘as a criminal political fact’. United Nations recommended the Bolivian public prosecutor to investigate the two fires in the home of the Ombudsman, a harsh…
The real evo
You can understand people’s behavior when they face conflict and have to make decisions. The Bolivian ruler, a coca grower has really done it, this time. His egocentric attitude towards wasting Bolivian funds in expensive and useless governmental buildings and other luxuries for his own leisure, while not governing in a way that would meet…
Bolivia president undergoes paternity test in scandal
AFP reports in YahooNews: Bolivia president undergoes paternity test in scandal A court has ordered Bolivia’s leftist president Evo Morales to undergo a paternity test to answer claims by his ex-partner Gabriela Zapata that he is indeed the father of her child A court has ordered Bolivia’s leftist president Evo Morales to undergo a paternity…
Jubileo Foundation sees that energy for export will not generate jobs in Bolivia
ANF reports in El Deber: Jubileo sees that energy will not generate jobs The institution said that in the 2016 PGE [General State Budget], there are fewer resources for agriculture, industry and tourism. The Jubileo Foundation warns that the new commitment of the Government to allocate 22.7% of the 2016 General State Budget (PGE) for…
Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom
Reuters reports through Yahoo news: Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia and Russia’s state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom said on Sunday they had signed a provisional agreement for the construction of $300 million nuclear complex in the Andean nation. Under the terms of the accord, which needs…
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