Lidia Mamani reports for Pagina Siete: NOW THERE IS VOLATILITY, BUT STABILITY IS EXPECTED IN COMING YEARS The cycle of high mineral prices are over, analysts say In the 80s, prices collapsed after years of crisis, since 2005, there was an increase and high peaks. In recent years there have been ups and downs. The…
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Current Bolivian anarchical ochlocracy in power is relentless!
El Dia reports: It obeys to an order from social organizations Deputy Mineral Policy has submitted his irrevocable resignation Eugenio Mendoza, submitted his irrevocable resignation from office, the same in which he held since August 14, 2013. Vice Minister of Mining Policy, Regulation and Enforcement, Eugenio Mendoza, resigned on Tuesday 12, after having declared at…
Bolivia purchases certified seed and exports sunflower and oilseed
El Diario reports: Bolivia purchases certified seed and exports sunflower and oilseed Bolivia continues to import certified seed. According to data from the director of the National Institute of Agricultural Forestry Innovation (INIAF), Hans Franklin Mercado Rios, half of the seeds we need to grow foods like vegetables and oilseed. He said that in a…
They feed Bolivia but are neglected by current gov?! WTH?
Juan Carlos Salinas reports for El Deber: THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY ASSIGNED $7 MILLION FOR SMALL FARMERS Livestock farmers call for fairness in resource allocation Of the $30 million dollars for large producers, no disbursements were made yet. Livestock restocking program and infrastructure improvement in Beni has two realities. The first is that for small farmers…
Another undeniable “contribution” of current Bolivian gov!
Guider Arancibia reports for El Deber: SANTA CRUZ They find a narc-lab guarded by snipers Worked on the border between Santa Cruz and Beni. The FELCN seized cocaine hydrochloride and chemical precursors. Two arrested. The drugs were transported from Peru for refining. A crystallization of cocaine laboratory where Colombian method was used to process the…
The thin line between CSR or just mitigation/remediation of environmental and social impact
The following article prompted an analysis of what really is Corporate Social Responsibility [Responsabilidad Social Empresarial – RSE] vis-a-vis development work need to restore the social/environmental conditions of a given site as a result of economic activities, in this case under the hydrocarbon industry. People in Bolivia tend to use the wording RSE to “demonstrate”…
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