Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Excuses there are Indeed , the Government has taken on the task of making excuses for not starting a process of rapprochement with departments, municipalities and universities to agree on the methodology for implementing the fiscal pact. First, Don Alvaro [current VP] came to say that the fiscal pact…
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How to generate employment and economic value for Bolivia!
Alberto Bonadona writes in Pagina Siete: Between what is said and what you want to hear Last week I witnessed an excellent exhibition by Enrique Velazco in the Central Bank, in which he addressed a group mostly composed of economists. The clarity with which exposed the data and the explanation made by were, as always,…
Bolivian gov’s demagogue, not nationalization but purchase!
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: Nationalization or purchase? That of recovering the companies for the people is becoming for us, a very expensive activity, and each May 1st or such emblematic date of the MAS, we must tremble because the usual ‘nationalization’, which are not another thing that purchases of foreign companies, which becomes…
Bolivian gov’s wrongdoings that WE have to pay!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Debts you have to pay For the purposes of transnational corporations, you could say that a revolution is radical indeed when their leaders refuse to pay compensation for the nationalizations that make. Cuba, for example, did not want to pay compensation and has ignored the international courts that failed…
Women’s Rights in Bolivia
The Guardian presents this interesting information regarding Women’s Rights in Bolivia: Women’s rights country by country – interactive Which countries have laws preventing violence? Which legislate for gender equality? And which countries allow abortion? Using World Bank and UN data we offer a snapshot of women’s rights across the globe. Select a region and hover…
Bolivia: from food producer to importer!
Wilfredo Ramirez writes in El Diario: From producer to importer of food As it continues, without honest and responsible forecasting the multinational Government wasteful policy, without observing behavior of austerity in the management of the moneys of the Bolivian people (expenses and investments), national majorities will continue suffering from the scourge of hunger, misery and…
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