Maria Dombrov reports for Glacier Hub: The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world, stretching 4,500 miles long and spanning seven South American countries: Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Andean ecosystems include peatlands, grasslands, shrublands, salt flats, forests, and alpine regions. Mountain peatlands, or bofedales, play a particularly central role in the rearing…
Tag: government failures
Ten years on, family of Irishman killed in Bolivia still wait for answers
Tom Hennigan reports for The Irish Times: Investigation into death of Michael Dwyer in police raid held up by ‘farcical’ related trial Michael Dwyer: The Bolivian state’s version of what happened leading up to and during the police raid in which Dwyer was killed has been contradicted by eyewitnesses and leaked video from inside…
Permanent tourism and economic crisis [evo’s boondoggles]
A clear strong Editorial from El Diario; graph displayed below was found when searching in the web for Bolivia economic crisis: The growth of the State’s external debt; the decrease in international reserves and external investments; the increase in public debt; Among other aspects, they are not good indicators of the country’s health, at a…
Foreign investment in Bolivia [after evo’s 14 years of absolute control]
A very pertinent Editorial from El Deber; below graph obtained from the internet when searching for Foreign Investment in Bolivia, which also reflect that evo never was able to attract foreign investment as did his predecessors: The president has just returned from the UAE and Turkey with a smile on his face and the enthusiasm…
Businessmen describe as “reckless” salary proposal of the COB
ANF reports for La Prensa: The general manager of the National Chamber of Exporters of Bolivia (Caneb), Javier Hinojosa, described as imprudent the salary proposal of the Bolivian Workers’ Union (COB) because, he said, it is not related to any indicator of the country’s economy. “Making an analysis linked to the economy, 12% is a…
Food security comes to an end [evo continues to fail!!]
Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet and this related link: The offered food security by the current government has ended in a thunderous failure, with no possibility of recovery, which seriously affects the health of the Bolivian people. The production of essential foods for family consumption has fallen abruptly, while the production of…
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