Current Bolivian central government does exactly the opposite to its “political discourse”, the so-called environment protector is aiming at the destruction of our forest. A good Editorial from El Diario: Is Bolivia returning to colonial depredation? About ten years ago, several patriotic citizens denounced the Mutún iron ore deposit was being exploited by the Brazilian…
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Bolivia facing anarchy: workers’ unions want to take over private companies!
El Diario reports: Private sector warns against manufacturing workers attempt to take over companies The Federation of Private Enterprises of La Paz took position against claims of factory leaders who intended to create social investment companies out of legal investments established in Bolivia. The private enterprise of La Paz expressed uncertainty about the recent statements…
Bolivia needs to modernize its sugar cane production system!
El Deber reports: One expert suggests modernizing cane production system In the production area, the sugarcane sector warns that excess moisture will delay the harvest and affect production. As part of a workshop organized by the commercial agricultural inputs and products Mainter, a Cuban expert in agronomic management of sugarcane, Juan Carlos Amor, suggested to…
Bolivia does not encourage industrialization of minerals, why not?!
Santiago Espinoza reports for La Opinion: EMPLOYERS ARE MINING PROPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT THE LAW TO FAVOUR THE GENERATION OF VALUE ADDED AND JOBS They note that new rule limiting the industrialization Cochabamba mining entrepreneurs note that the industry Law encouraged by the national government, lacks an incentive policy for the industrialization of minerals and…
Bolivia’s “bonanza” in the verge of fading out…
An Editorial from Los Tiempos: TOWARD THE END OF THE BONANZA All data indicate that we are witnessing the end of a boom cycle, so that urgent steps are needed to break the fall. After more than eight years, during which the good news on economic, followed one after another, to account for one of…
Bolivia’s naive foreign policy
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Naive foreign policy Bolivia now has deteriorated relations with USA, Brazil, Argentina and, one might say, also Peru, for the suspension of the presidential meeting that was to take place last week. The U.S. Charge d’affaires [DCM], Harry Mammott, just left for his country “for personal reasons”, which means…
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