Aline Quispe reports for La Razon, excerpts follow: We must admit it, Bolivia does not offer the best scenario for investments. Angel Vazquez The Ambassador of Spain valued the natural resources that exist in the country and added that investment and technology of foreign companies is needed, because it is in full development. However, he…
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Bolivian weather: This week will be hot and rainy
El Deber reports about Bolivian weather for this week. Below I include the link for the original weather page that you can save, to access directly in the future: The Senamhi predicts heat and rain for this week The national service of meteorology and hydrology (Senamhi) predicts a slight drop in temperatures from tomorrow [10/10/12]….
Bolivia mining cooperatives’ 101: Colquiri – coops from within
This cartoon is from La Razon, September 26, 2012, illustrates how violent (dynamite in their mouths) the miners became… Ivan Arias makes an excellent description of how mining cooperatives function in Bolivia, so we can try to understand the violence, anarchy and “pay-back” from these supporters of current government. Article appeared in Pagina Siete: Colquiri:…
Bolivian Economics 101:The economic agenda, in its ‘infancy’
This is an interesting and enlightening article made by Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez for El Deber: Already five months passed since at the Social and Economic Summit in Cochabamba and promoted by the Government to ‘set the ground rules’ for the elaboration of economic and productive agenda with the private sector. However, so far the…
Mining 101: in Bolivia is a difficult business
Four articles related with mining in Bolivia, appeared in newspapers yesterday; they will help understand how this business currently operates in Bolivia. From Pagina Siete: In four years there were at least 114 [illegal] mining sites’ takeovers At least 114 mineral deposits were bullied in the past four years by cooperatives and herders, according to…
34 violently injured people between Potosi and Oruro, is this blunt anarchy or what??!!
Freddy Lacio reports for El Deber’s website: At least 34 wounded, four of them seriously, is the result of a clash between peasants from the municipalities of Quillacas, Oruro, and Coroma, Potosí, for the possession of tracts of land suitable for cultivation of quinoa, found in the boundary between of both departments and which are…
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