This excerpt, from the Foundation for Sustainable Development has to serve us to sit and reflect over our future: Environmental Sustainability Issues in Bolivia One of the most pressing environmental sustainability concerns in Bolivia is soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods, including slash and burn agriculture. Over the past few decades, use of…
Tag: Ochlocracy
Bolivian ruling ochlocracy opens up national parks to oil and gas firms… WTH!?
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Bolivia opens up national parks to oil and gas firms New law permitting hydrocarbons operations in “protected areas” sparks major concerns for people and the environment. The Madidi National Park in north-west Bolivia is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. One particularly astonishing fact: the park…
Meet the real face of the masismo in Bolivia, corruption and neglect caused the loss of 16 barges and two tugs!
El Diario reports: Barges that cost 30 million dollars are forsaken • Minister Reymi Ferreira concedes the loss of 16 barges and two tugs that are stranded at Chinese ports since 2010, due to the legal complexity that represent to the Bolivian state. Reports exist that hinder the project in favor of other companies. The…
Bolivian gov’s mirage is fading! Sales drop in value and volume – Falling income, economic boom gone! – Trade deficit!
El Diario reports: First bimonthly 2015: Sales drop 27% in value and 6% by volume Bolivian exports to February 2015 show a general reduction in values and volumes exported. Likewise the average export prices have been continuously deteriorating, explained by less favorable external economic conditions. In the opinion of the Chamber of Exporters of Santa…
Bolivians are we equal?
Ivan Finot writes in Pagina Siete: Bolivians are we equal? The foundation of equality is the respect for human rights, among these, political rights. In this all must be equal and the answer to the question is clearly: No. We have recently seen how the electoral courts have decided to provide citizens unequally vote. This…
After a decade, these cartoons summarize current gov’s “accomplishments” WTH?!
Bolivia has lost a decade under current ruling, and over $150 BILLION dollars that were wasted! These two cartoons from El Diario serve to illustrate the ruling of the coca-grower caudillo, the incompetence of this rulers just deserve a name: ochlocracy. This appeared April 28. 2015. A beaten citizen crawls in a police dispatch: Man:…
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