Despite losing half of our territory since we became an independent nation, we still have a large territory; traveling from the highlands down to the Amazon basin implies rough and uneven terrain, it is hard to build a solid road, let alone maintaining them in good condition. This year, reports say that the rainy season…
Tag: road blockades
Current Bolivian government is the MOST CONFLICTIVE in history…
MIlenio Foundation has issued on February 3, 2012 their report No. 132 which demonstrates how current government has become the most conflicting in Bolivian history. I am not surprised, as current president’s appearance in Bolivian politics started with the infamous blockades in the Chapare since the times he was just the leader of the Chapare…
Bolivian blockades 101
This cartoon and Editorial is from El Diario, December 25, 2011: The tidal wave of blockades of streets, roads, offices and even walks that shook the country throughout the year which ends, has not been less able to cause concern and alarm up the general population, at the end which turned out to be the…
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…
Government perceived as weak regarding escalating conflicts…
This cartoon is from El Diario, December 6, 2011. It shows a citizen chained around blockades, marches, bottlenecks, lost time, traffic cuts, dance rehearsals, strikes. An Angry frustrated Bolivian saying: “..Aren’t there human rights for people who honestly have to work to be able to survive in the country!!” In addition, El Deber captured the…
Briefs: sugar export and heavy load transport
Both news reported by La Razon, if you want to read the full Spanish articles, please use the links provided below, thank you. Sugar export The Government authorized the export of 650 thousand quintals (qq) of sugar. The measure falls short to the Bolivian sugar industry; sugar cane growers and sugar mills planned to…
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