Manfredo Kempff Suarez writes for El Deber: Failure of the State The political opposition has not been the one, which has launched the alarm on the dangerous road that are gaining businesses that are in the hands of the State, it is the Government itself, mentor of nationalisations and nationalisations, who has seen how a…
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How economically and/or environmentally sound is to use charcoal to exploit the Mutun?
An El Diario editorial over a very complex and pressing issue for our development: Charcoal to exploit the Mutun? Undeniably, we have contradictory attitudes to the country; for example, as known by the Government, as the population, that we need gas both for home use and for the industry, and the companies in charge of…
How is that, how President?
Maggy Talavera’s wonderful analysis in Pagina Siete: How is that, how President? When Evo Morales delivered his first speech as President of Bolivia, seven years ago, a question particularly caught the attention and was a matter of opinions in the national and international press. It was addressed to the former President Jaime Paz Zamora, who…
Black November… what will Bolivian politics bring for 2013??!!
Since 2003, after turmoil, social unrest we labelled those periods as “Black February” “Black October”… now Carlos Cordero writes a very significant description of current political party in the central power of Bolivia. From Los Tiempos: Black November Before November and before discovering the network of extortion around key ministries of the Government of President Morales,…
Is it morally, ethically to claim victory over someone else’s credit?
Bolivian government has the tendency to inflate its accomplishments, out of arrogance, desperation or who knows… in any case current news from El Diario is very illustrative, vis-a-vis our most visible and important industry: hydrocarbons! Yesterday presented the annual report of the State oil company to the press Analysts: YPFB achievements are due to efforts…
Bolivian economics 101: results and expectations with current gov policies… August, 2012
To better illustrate how prepared we are to secure our daily lives, the following graphs and cartoons should serve us to think over what to expect and what to do in 2014… These graphs are from IBCE, see direct link for more info here Silver, Tin and Zinc international prices are going down, internally a…
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