Bolivian Railroads 101

Juan Carlos Zuleta writes in La Prensa: RAILWAY, PAST AND PRESENT For the geographical, topographical and population density characteristics of our country; the railway transport sector has become extremely important as a means of enabling the movement of people and exchange of goods, it “allowed” an effective integration of the country. This was prior to…

Bolivian gov wrongdoings… just plain ineptitude or is it on purpose?!

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Unpaid bills It has become a habit of the current government to “discover” anomalies tolerated for years under its management, it just denounce and then give the impression that complies with the law and is very severe. A week ago, Interior Minister Carlos Romero, “denounced” that the Ichilo is…

Bolivia’s total lack of authority!

“Republiqueta” is the term used to refer a specific region under the control of the people who were seeking independence from the Realm of Spain, derivates from republic. Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: The “republiquetas” today Because of the permissiveness and the total lack of authority in Bolivia, there are emerging a series of…

Will Bolivia ever find oil? Better be outside our National Parks!!

Carlos Miranda writes in El Dia: Energy and Hydrocarbons Will we find oil? For over three years YPFB is trying to achieve private local and/or foreign investment in the search for hydrocarbons in the country. However, its great effort has been unsuccessful. In turn, the Government showed concern that the absence of new reserves and…