Ivan Paredes reports for El Deber: COLD BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP U.S. hardens position with Bolivia and withdraws cooperation The decision is given a day when Evo suggested to spy on Obama. In La Paz, masistas ranks say that determination will not affect the country and that without the help of U.S. moves better. Evo Morales was…
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Inefficiency of the forced industrialization
Armando Mendez writes in Pagina Siete: Inefficiency of the forced industrialization Interventionism and State interventionism is a fact that was firmly in the past. It began in Europe, with what is called mercantilism and dates from the 1500’s. Before in the economy, there was no per capita growth. Production increased as the population increased, equal…
Vargas Llosa and his vision of Bolivia
A good Editorial from El Dia: Vargas Llosa and his vision of Bolivia The first disappointed with Vargas Llosa’s visit should be the Government of Evo Morales, because despite the enormous expectations that had in this regard, the writer made very few criticisms to the Bolivian regime, and only talked about populism, who considered being…
Delays in Bolivian Justice: Humand Rights Watch report
The Bolivian Justice System under the scrutiny of the Human Rights Watch. Excerpt of Pagina Siete follow: THE 2014 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION SPEAKS OF BOLIVIA Human Rights Watch denounces delays in the justice system The document states that some defendants suffered violations of due process and judicial persecution. It also denounces verbal attacks…
What is going on with Bolivian centralization and decentralization policy?
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: Centralization and decentralization policy Where do you walk towards to, Bolivia? To the re-centralization of the State or the political decentralization? Formally the new political Constitution of the State posits the existence of a State, but in the political analysis of the country, it is not enough to look…
Water as one of the most precious resource, neglected!
Agustin Saavedra writes in Pagina Siete: Shortcomings by the wastage of water According to the results of the latest census of population and housing published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), somewhat more than 800,000 homes registered the year of 2012 (30,08%) lack of health services. If we consider four inhabitants per dwelling average,…
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