AP reports for Yahoo news: Bolivia leader asks probe of ex-girlfriend’s contracts LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says he’s asking government auditors to investigate contracts given to a Chinese company that employs a former girlfriend. Morales denies any wrongdoing in the more than $400 million worth of state contracts with China…
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The folly of “awarding” contracts without complying with Bolivian law
The folly of “awarding” contracts without complying with the law, El Diario reports: Sinohydro company history Between 2013 and 2015, the Chinese company Sinohydro won four projects in Bolivia for $851 million dollars. A report by ANF notes that they had a history in Ecuador for improper performance of works. – In December 2012, they…
Bolivia: Lost decade II
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diaro: Lost decade II The country received in the last ten years US $150,000 million, amount exceeding 20 times that received over the previous decade. That was the result that the price of an ounce of gold troy has passed from 337 to 1,147 dollars on average between those two…
Expert questions economic growth data
El Diario reports: Presidential speech Expert questions economic growth data Darío Monasterio, analyst, questioned the data presented yesterday by President Evo Morales, when he argued that the average economic growth of the country has been 5, in the last decade. The expert, via phone call with El Diario, questioned data exposed by the President in…
Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president
From The Guardian: Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president Jonathan Watts in La Paz, Bolivia In a riot of colour, noise and statistics, Bolivian president Evo Morales marked 10 years of his “indigenous socialist” rule on Friday, one month before a referendum that could extend his period in office until 2025….
Zika virus infection – Bolivia
The World Health Organization reports: Emergencies preparedness, response Zika virus infection – Bolivia Disease Outbreak News 20 January 2016 On 16 January 2016, Ministry of Health of Bolivia, through its National IHR Focal Points (NFP), notified PAHO/WHO of the first laboratory-confirmed cases of locally-acquired Zika virus infection in the country. The case is a 32-year-old…
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