El Deber reports: Bolivia has one of the highest rates of deaths on the road 23 of every 100,000 people lose their lives by traffic accidents, which puts it as the third country in Latin America with the highest rate of road mortality. http://m.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/bolivia-indices-mas-altos-muertes.html Bolivia is not only considered as a mega diverse country, we have…
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Better use for your car’s trunk or boot…
From The Telegraph: Bolivian taxi driver traps robber in boot Astonishing news clip shows taxi driver boasting about beating suspected robber and locking him in his boot [trunk] A Bolivian taxi driver apparently took the law into his own hands, apprehending a suspected robber and locking him in his boot [trunk]. The driver, from Santa…
YPFB monitors affected area by the oil spill in Chapare
El Deber reports: YPFB monitors affected area by the oil spill Some 65 professionals are working in mitigation tasks. Daily, test the water and the land of Ivirgarzama. The Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) contingency teams, are monitoring water at the Magariños river and land in Ivirgarzama (Cochabamba), where last Friday [08/07/2015] there was an…
Bolivia 2014 Crime and Safety Report
Bolivia 2014 Crime and Safety Report Travel Health and Safety; Transportation Security; Surveillance; Stolen items; Theft; Fraud; Kidnapping; Assault; Burglary; Financial Security; Floods; Carjacking; Riots/Civil Unrest; Earthquakes; Drug Trafficking Western Hemisphere > Bolivia; Western Hemisphere > Bolivia > La Paz 8/22/2014 Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime Threats Most major cities in Bolivia have Medium…
Bolivia, 2nd most dangerous country in construction works
Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: According to American expert Bolivia, 2nd most dangerous country in construction works Construction. Falls are the leading cause of death worldwide. The American specialist in fall protection, Jean Pierre Martin, said that Bolivia is the second country after Venezuela in not having rules to protect the lives of workers….
Is there Rule of Law in Bolivia??!!
Lets take a look at the Rule of Law Index 2014 for Bolivia: Supporting the rule of law in Latin America by Juan Carlos Botero [excerpts follow] Most economies in Latin America struggle with recurring problems in their institutional frameworks. The repeated flooding of the Bogota River illustrates the cyclical and expanding nature of these…
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