AFP reports in AU News: Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases La Paz (AFP) – Bolivia has detected its first three cases of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus, local media reported Wednesday, citing health authorities. Two babies were born with the birth defect in September and a third in October, said the director…
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Bolivian businessmen say that 2016 was negative, this government flunked!
El Diario reports: Businessmen say that 2016 was negative Two months after end of the year, private entrepreneurs of Cochabamba already have an opinion on what happened in the present year. They believe that 2016 was negative and estimate a 2017 unfavorable for the productive sector. MASSIVE CLOSURE “There has been a contraction, has been…
Damn the Chinese and damn evo!
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Fears for isolated Bolivian tribe met by Chinese oil firm in Amazon Company operating near the border with Peru has reportedly had near encounters with indigenous people living in “isolation” Teams from a Chinese oil and gas company exploring in the remote Bolivian Amazon have reportedly had near encounters…
Bolivian Economy Minister Fires Two Officials to Avoid Blame for Expensive Persian Carpets
PanAm Post reports: Bolivian Economy Minister Fires Two Officials to Avoid Blame for Expensive Persian Carpets BY: KARINA MARTÍN Two officials in Bolivia were dismissed from the Ministry of Economy and Finance last week for financial blunders committed during the purchase of furniture of 33 Persian carpets intended for decoration in the ministry. Minister of…
Bolivia’s Mining Industry Puts President Morales Between a Rock and a Hard Place
PanAm Post reports: Bolivia’s Mining Industry Puts President Morales Between a Rock and a Hard Place BY: DAVID UNSWORTH On August 25, 2016, the world was shocked by reports that striking miners in Bolivia had brutally tortured and murdered Bolivian Vice Minister of the Interior Rodolfo Illanes. Sent by President Evo Morales to negotiate with…
Bolivian government just does something when it is questioned … WTH?!
El Diario reports: Comibol will verify gold mining by Chinese companies A group of inspectors will travel to the Illimani in order to determine whether there are Chinese citizens dedicated to the exploitation of gold and other minerals, clandestinely. The president of the Mining Corporation of Bolivia (Comibol), Marcelino Quispe, said that in recent days…
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