El Diario reports: Cerro Rico de Potosí sinks in 60 meters The Cerro Rico de Potosí recorded a sinking of magnitude at the top of the mountain that has a radius of 30 meters and a depth of 60 meters. This situation occurs prior to the visit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
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Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 for Bolivia
A report made by the World Economic Forum: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 for Bolivia [To understand how to read this two-page report, please read first the description and then look at that portion of the report] LEFT-HAND PAGE The left-hand page is divided into three sections: 1. Key indicators This section presents several…
Expert Says Bolivia Must Adjust to Economic Lean Years
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Expert Says Bolivia Must Adjust to Economic Lean Years LA PAZ – The boom that Bolivia enjoyed during the last 10 years has given way to a downturn and the country must now adjust its economy to the lean times that are just starting, an economist warns. Gonzalo Chavez pursued…
Let’s not forget how a true populist demagogue behaved with the Bolivian disabled!
Jonathan Watts reports for The Guardian; along with a very harsh video … Bolivia’s caravan of courage leaves a bittersweet legacy for disabled protesters When disabled protesters traversed the Andes to lobby for improved benefits, they were met with a police blockade. The Fight, a Guardian documentary, chronicles a battle that led to brutal violence…
The true demagogue face of the coca grower caudillo and harsh consequences for the people of Bolivia
The coca grower caudillo whose primary responsibility is to the six federations of coca growers of the Chapare and then, only then, as president of Bolivia, has made promises he can not keep due to his inept capacity to govern. Cheap demagogue with money during the early days of his presidency, allowed him to force…
Bolivia: No Easy Way Forward, With or Without Morales
Americas Quarterly reports: Bolivia: No Easy Way Forward, With or Without Morales BY OLIVER STUENKEL Even as Bolivia’s president flirts with authoritarianism, the opposition is failing to offer a real alternative. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has long been seen as a benign (and, ultimately, successful) version of Latin American left-wing leadership. Questionable international partnerships and…
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