Do Bolivians live in a lying country?… since when?!

Juan Jose Toro Montoya writes in Los Tiempos: Lying Country Talk about the sad role that the National Institute of Statistics (INE) had in the last census is already useless. The INEfficiency of the INE subtracted its credibility, period. From here forward, we will not believe it as before. But, beyond that truth, the truth…

Are there too many impostors in Bolivia?

Maggy Talavera writes in El Deber: Impostors and impostures The saying, “so much falls the drop into stone, until finally breaks it”. And I say, it seems that Bolivians are made of solid stone, because while deluge fall over us, not drops, nothing breaks us. I use the saying figuratively: the drop is an imposture…

WORST mishap of current Bolivian government: The 2012 Census’ results…!?

It didn’t matter how late the results came exposed, took longer than before, when we didn’t have the technology we have nowadays. Back in January 2013, current president gave preliminary figures and on July 31, 2013, results showed over 350K people missing???!!! How could this be possible? The same census with two results: http://www.eldeber.com.bo/datos-oficiales-del-censo-santa-cruz-queda-en-segundo-lugar/130731082700 A…

More autonomy in Bolivia after the 2012 Census

Roberto Mendez reports for El Dia: In 4 levels you can plan development policies The 2012 census arrives with the demand for more autonomy Analysis. Experts, Government and opponents agree that the results must be interpreted by the central Government, governorates, municipalities and indigenous people. In Bolivia we come tomorrow [Nov/21/12] to the population and…

What about the 2012 Bolivian population census?

More than ten years ago Bolivia had its last census; questioned as it did not reflect real location of some of its citizens, Santa Cruz alone had over 200K people that weren’t accounted for… this coming November 21, 2012 a national census will take place. El Deber’s editorial [Nov/16/2012] should serve as a reflection and…