El Dia reports: In six years More than Bs2,200 million were spent on communication The Ministry of Communication between 2011-2016 had a budget of more than 2.271 million Bolivians. In 2016, it was the year that received more financial resources that surpassed the 660.4 million Bolivians. According to data provided by the Ministry of Communication,…
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Overwhelming evidence of criminal organizations in Bolivia despite delusional denials of central government
Pagina Siete reports: Costas pleads for a Departmental Guard in the presence of “organized mafias” and cartels What is the reason they do not let us do our own departmental guard? Asked the governor of Santa Cruz. The governor of Santa Cruz, Rubén Costas, advocated the creation of a Departmental Guard that has a presence…
Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive Director of CEDIB in Cochabamba says they’re being punished for criticising natural resource exploitation and other government policies. One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organisations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear…
A rational wage increase is the best option for Bolivia!
Miguel Roca reports for El Deber: IBCE suggests a rational wage increase From the IBCE, they consider that an increase higher than the index of inflation would bring negative consequences in the companies and would affect labor stability. Gary Rodriguez, general manager of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE), warned Wednesday [04/05/2017] that a…
ABC attends emergency on roads with landslides
El Dia reports: Chuquisaca ABC attends emergency on roads with landslides The regional manager of the Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC), María Flores, informed yesterday that all the emergencies that originated from the heavy rainfall of the last days were conjured opportunely. “During the night of March 31 and at dawn on April 1, ABC Chuquisaca…
Deadly pathogen threatens giant frog in Titicaca
El Diario reports: Deadly pathogen threatens giant frog in Titicaca The giant frog of Lake Titicaca is infected by an invasive pathogen, the fungus chytrid, which has spread among amphibians of different ecosystems of the world, causing them a deadly disease in their skin that causes a decreasing population. According to the portal CienciaBolivia, scientists…
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