Cindy Soliz V., Los Tiempos: Mayor’s Office exposes historical archive on the Pacific War and launches a virtual library In commemoration of the Day of the Sea, the Mayor’s Office of Cochabamba, through the Secretariat of Productive Development, Tourism and Culture, organizes an exhibition of historical, hemerographic and bibliographical material on the maritime theme; and…
Tag: land-locked economies
Why do indigenous people flee from the Pachamama – Por qué los indígenas huyen de la Pachamama
Editorial, El Diario: A note registered in the editorial page of EL DIARIO in the edition of Sunday, March 7, made it known that in the highlands and valleys of La Paz and other departments, 500 thousand hectares of top-quality land, which were cultivated by peasants, were abandoned. who have now abandoned them and migrated…
Bolivia loses 11% of GDP due to maritime confinement
El Diario reports: Anual average Bolivian exporters must face a cost 33.2% higher than the regional average TRANSPORTATION EXPLAINS MAJOR LOSSES INCURRED BY BOLIVIA FOR ITS CENTENARY LANDLOCKED. A work done by economist Rodrigo Burgoa found that the maritime enclosure that Bolivia suffers since the invasion of its coast in February 1879 has a negative…
Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access
From Reuters via Yahoo News: Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Landlocked Bolivia went to the World Court on Monday [05/04/2015], seeking to force Chile to negotiate the granting of a corridor of sovereign territory giving it access to the sea for its natural gas and…
Bolivia’s “bonanza” in the verge of fading out…
An Editorial from Los Tiempos: TOWARD THE END OF THE BONANZA All data indicate that we are witnessing the end of a boom cycle, so that urgent steps are needed to break the fall. After more than eight years, during which the good news on economic, followed one after another, to account for one of…
History 101 – Bolivia: Chile invasion consequences
In an attempt to record part of our history, I decided to translate the following article from Guillermo Soto, published in El Diario: Chile, nothing due to Bolivia? As soon as a Forum, event or opportunity is presented, the Chilean authorities repeatedly say that “Chile has no pending litigation with Bolivia”, that “nothing is due…
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