El Diario reports: WB suggests Bolivia to improve human development policies With the growth of the Bolivian workforce, the World Bank (WB) recommended that the authorities improve human development policies that would allow to train citizens of working age for the next three decades. The WB specialist Marcio Cruz, said that Bolivia has been classified…
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Bolivia’s Morales, once leftist climate pact foe, turns pragmatic
Rosalba O’Brien reports for Reuters: Bolivia’s Morales, once leftist climate pact foe, turns pragmatic LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s President Evo Morales leaves no doubt about who he blames for global warming. “Capitalism is like a cancer for Mother Earth,” he declared in October to an audience of indigenous groups and farmers, environmental groups and…
What happened with Bolivian justice and democracy?
This cartoon sums it all up and evidence can be found in the pages of this blog: This cartoon is from El Diario, November 20, 2015. This happened over the last ten years… due to a simple fact: “evo delivers”!
One more time for the Nobel Peace Prize, Don Evo?
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: One more time for the Nobel Peace Prize, Don Evo? Many probably do not know that Don Evo Morales was suggested for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 and 1995 by the Drugs Peace Institute. That did not prosper, but not discarded the ‘Indian leader’ for such a prize….
Potosi, the older brother
Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: Potosi, the older brother A truism, not currently widespread, is that Bolivia would not have existed without Potosi. The richness of its portentous Cerro Rico led to the creation of a judicial and administrative unit, as was the Audiencia de Charcas that, in 1825, was the basis for…
Irish mom pleads for murder investigation into Michael Dwyer’s death in Bolivia
From IrishCentral: Irish mom pleads for murder investigation into Michael Dwyer’s death in Bolivia Paddy Clancy The mother of Michael Dwyer, shot dead six years ago by Bolivian security forces, said she was heartened by the tone of the South American country to proposals for an international investigation of her son’s death. Caroline Dwyer met…
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