By Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: Activists Lament Impunity in Jaguar Deaths; Recent Case Involves Chinese Nationals They expressed their repudiation with protests for the death of a jaguar in the hands of officials of the Chinese company Sinohydro and questioned the silent release of a Chinese citizen for a previous case. “What’s happening in Santa…
Tag: government failures
Economy of Intimidation | Economía de matonaje
Editorial, El Dia: Instead of applauding, encouraging, and asking exporters what they need to continue exporting, increase foreign sales, and providing support to seek new markets, the government of Luis Arce opts for intimidation policies and threatens producers who, according to him, are not bringing 100 percent of the dollars they earn from their transactions…
Cruceño Model and MAS Model | Modelo cruceño y modelo del MAS
By Fernando Prado, El Deber: Much has been said about the Cruceño model, and we all agree that today this is a primarily productive model, linked to a liberal business logic, having lost some of its cultural and management characteristics during the neoliberal period, but that is another topic. What we want to scrutinize now…
Reality the Government Wants to Conceal | Realidad que el Gobierno quiere tapar
By El Diario: Growth Index Does Not Reflect Reality the Government Wants to Conceal “We are the second fastest-growing economy in the entire region, like it or not, no matter who it hurts.” Or “they want to make people believe that there are no dollars.” These are two statements from the President, Luis Arce Catacora,…
Morales/Arce: dos caras de una misma moneda | two sides of the same coin
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: In his 14 years in power, Evo Morales had a two-thirds majority in Parliament and benefited from the boom in commodity prices exported by the country, especially gas, whose reserves increased due to the economic policies of previous “neoliberal” governments. The executive branch took control of the legislative, judicial,…
There are two arrested for removing the skin and fangs of a jaguar | Hay dos detenidos por sacar el cuero y colmillos de jaguar
Los Tiempos: At least two workers from the Chinese company Sinohydro, which is building the El Sillar double road, were arrested yesterday for their alleged involvement in the dismemberment of a jaguar (Panthera onca), which was run over while trying to cross the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz highway at km 124 to pass from the Espíritu Santo…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 