HoyBolivia.com reports: Costas: Government manages with a high degree of cynicism Governor Rubén Costas said that the national Government accuses the [Catholic] bishops in the theft of the jewels of the Virgin of Copacabana, in an attempt to cause controversy and cover the real problems of the country. “As sometimes it [the government] disorients, even…
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Will justice prevail? How expensive it gets not to have a solid economic policy in Bolivia
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: A fireproof test If there is or there is no legal assurances in the country, will surely be known now, with the decision of Justice in favor of La Paz factory SOBOCE by the case of the expropriation of shares of the Chuquisaca Fancesa cement factory. The mentioned decision…
Bolivian sociopolitical conundrum: indigenous doctrines, decolonization?!
H. C. F. Mansilla superbly describes our lives, from El Dia: Decolonization and the sanctity of hatred The doctrines of decolonization in the Andean area see themselves as theoretical frameworks, basically progressives and leftists, consecrated at the same time to the socialist thought and the revitalization of a communitarianism humanist immersed in pre-Hispanic indigenous traditions….
Why did high Bolivian elected authorities lied in the Chaparina/TIPNIS brutal aggression?
A. Villafan and ERBOL report and printed in Pagina Siete: Statements by the former Minister Chacon to the prosecution, according to the MSM Evo and ministers monitored what was happening in Chaparina REPRESSION. The attorney Aida Camacho indicates that the responses of the former defense minister to questioning from prosecutors, contradict what the Vice President…
Bolivia to continue to experience growth inertia
Carlos Schlink writes in El Deber: The inertia of the growth will continue The Bolivian economy has had positive and negative developments. Until end of year [2013] projections are that it will continue the inertia of the growth, but softer. It is projected that the GDP won’t grow beyond 4.5 percent because regulations that want…
Bolivian “poleconomics”: Is it enough to raise wages?
Gary gives again, a wonderful analysis on Bolivia’s economics and political situation, from El Deber: Is it enough to raise wages? The Government announcement of a mandatory increase of 8% to the basic salary and 20% to the national minimum stunned Bolivian entrepreneurship, which was declared in emergency, describing the measure as a blow to…
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