El Deber reports: Approved law that protects the packhorses Regulates the transit of wagons and was approved by the City Council after animal advocates protested and met with Evo Morales. The Santa Cruz City Council passed a law regulating the use and circulation of cars and horsedrawn carriages, after several protests by the mistreatment of…
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The incompetence and damaging “learning” process of the masismo! WTH!?
In his well-rehearsed melodramatic voice, current Bolivia president always like to say “I am learning, I did not know…” … over and over we heard this, through a “learning” decade, that Bolivia has lost, over $150 billion of our dollars were wasted. Now, the news of a failure, due to irresponsible demagogue and plain incompetence…
Ruling gov disguises public investment figures! – Oclocracia masista disfraza las cifras de la inversión pública!
Today, I’m posting an analysis made by a Santa Cruz reputable economist: Ruling gov disguises public investment figures! The central government disguised figures of public investment, including bonus payments (dignity rent, Juana Azurduy, Juancito Pinto) on investment which is not, includes payments of salaries of the consultants of public companies, which nor is investment in…
Bolivia’s Minimum Wage: How to Kill the Economy
From PanAm Post: Bolivia’s Minimum Wage: How to Kill the Economy Red Tape Forces Thousands to Scratch a Living in Informal Labor Sector by Roberto Ortiz March 17, 2015 at 3:11 pm Bolivian President Evo Morales has once again come to an agreement with the Bolivian Worker’s Center (COB) to increase their workers pay by…
Bolivian workers may get 15% increase on seniority bonus
Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: By increasing the minimum wage Seniority bonus rises 15% Work. Businesses Reject increase and announce study to see the impact of the measure. The increase from 8.5% to 15% have basic and the national minimum, made automatically upload the seniority bonus of a worker up to 15% in all…
30.2% of Bolivian population were victim of corruption since the masismo assumed power… WTH?!
Bolivia has been shaken by increasing corruption and violence levels since the coca-grower caudillo assumed presidency. Almost a decade has past and over $150 billion dollars wasted. The ochlocracy is ruling the country and anarchy takes over. The following is an excerpt of The Economist article on corruption and my comment in that site: ……
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