El Diario reports: Businessmen say that 2016 was negative Two months after end of the year, private entrepreneurs of Cochabamba already have an opinion on what happened in the present year. They believe that 2016 was negative and estimate a 2017 unfavorable for the productive sector. MASSIVE CLOSURE “There has been a contraction, has been…
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American with 121 pounds of gold arrested in Bolivia
AP reports in CBS News: American with 121 pounds of gold arrested in Bolivia LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivian police say they’ve detained a 76-year-old U.S. citizen with more than 121 pounds (55 kilograms) of gold. Anti-narcotics chief Santiago Delgadillo says Robert Agnew Meyer also was found with a small amount of cocaine and several…
South Florida man arrested for trying to send AK-47s to Bolivia
Alfonso Chardy reports for the Miami Herald: South Florida man arrested for trying to send AK-47s to Bolivia A South Florida man, Andrés Mejía Tellez, has been arrested during a federal sting operation during which he admitted to trying to export five AK-47 assault rifles to Bolivia from Miami, according to federal court records. Mejía…
Bolivian nontraditional exports fall 33% in value
Ismael Luna reports for El Dia: Exports in the month of August Nontraditional fall 33% in value Data. Volume sales were down 15%, according to the IBCE based on the INE report. Exports of non-traditional products as of August 2015, both in agriculture with manufacturing industry as a whole were down 33% in value and…
Bolivian rice farmers are in emergency
ANF reports in Pagina Siete: Drop in prices Rice farmers are in emergency There are more than 300,000 tons harvested this year and 100,000 in deposits. The small rice farmers of the department of Santa Cruz have expressed concern that the price of food continues to decline. Since May, the kilo of rice sold between…
A fact in the Bolivia of “the change”: Government policies allow smuggling
El Diario reports: Analyst says Government policies allow smuggling The analyst Ivan Arias said that repeated policy of “let be and let pass” [laissez faire – laissez passer] in the field of smuggling has made informal trade to be the only important activity in some populations of the country apart from agricultural production. “It’s a…
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