During the upcoming carnival weekend, people who live in or visit Bolivia must take precautions. Unfortunately, we have been experiencing an upward trend in violence and crime. Use taxi cabs that your friends or hotels locally recommend; do not engage in useless arguments that can turn ugly and keep an eye on your belongings at…
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In Bolivia crime will be reported using Twitter, Facebook and Google Earth
Bolivia has been suffering incredible crime and violence rates, escalating over the last decade. Fortunately, there is a wonderful attempt to help the police do their work. Pagina Siete reports: A virtual platform will allow Bolivian citizenship to denounce crimes over the internet, through a web page or social networks like Facebook and Twitter, thanks…
Tourism figures for 2011, welcome to Bolivia!!
The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE) has published on december 15, 2011 its biweekly report No.87, Tourism inflow to beautiful Bolivia: This industry has grown by 83% in the period of 2001-2010. Increase happened in great part attributed to our exceptional biodiversity; the following chart lists tourists by countries of origin; figures are in millions of…
Some conclusions of government’s gathering brouhaha
Now that the government’s gathering brouhaha is over, La Razon summarized some “conclusions,” link for the whole Spanish article is below: Topics that will go to regional debate Economic Development The construction of the road Villa Tunari-San Ignacio of Moxos was established as a priority. They also agreed to analyze the distribution of oil income [natural…
What worries us Bolivians?
Pagina Siete reports on a recent poll about what worries the citizens of Bolivia: The lack of public safety, the family economy and the growth of corruption are the main concerns of Bolivians, according to the latest IPSOS poll. The opinion study prepared for Pagina Siete reveals that 23% of the country is concerned about…
Public safety: what is been done for Santa Cruz city?
This cartoon is from El Diario (11/28/11), a La Paz journal which also reflects what is happening regarding public safety in Santa Cruz and around our nation. El Mundo reports on social peace and public safety, for beautiful Santa Cruz city, summary follows (for full Spanish article, click link below; after the link, there is my…
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