Venezuela and a Constant Meddling in Neighbors' Affairs 
OPINION
by Jerry Brewer
Mexidata.info, August 2, 2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has remained in office for over a decade, shows no apparent signs of future restraint when it comes to bullying and aggression against his western hemisphere neighbors.
by Jerry Brewer
Mexidata.info, August 2, 2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has remained in office for over a decade, shows no apparent signs of future restraint when it comes to bullying and aggression against his western hemisphere neighbors.
There are Eight Laws Without Penalty Date
| La Razón - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- Although there are no specific time limits, the Plurinational Legislature must approve eight standards complementary to the organic laws for the new state structure to begin. |
The FELCN Found 108 Packages of Cocaine Base
| La Razón - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- The collection center was in the midst of sunflower plantations and intervened late Saturday and early yesterday morning, in the community March 16, the municipality of San Julian, 175 miles east of the capital, about 25 kilometers from the road to Trinidad. The identity of the landowner is unknown. |
Chile Talks about Resolving the Maritime Issue
| La Razón - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- Last Friday, Ravinet and Saavedra declared Tambo Quemado 1 and 2 mine-free lands, areas containing 4400 antipersonnel and antitank mines. The Minister of Defense of Chile said that the government of President Evo Morales gives stability to the bilateral negotiation. |
Reissuing the Charaña agreement with Chile is Unconstitutional
| El Diario - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- To reissue the Charaña agreement with Chile is unconstitutional and shows that the Government has no clear agenda to address a sovereign maritime border, the deputy for National Convergence (CN) Standard, Norma Piérola, told El Diario. |
Remittances from Migrants are Second Source of Foreign Exchange
| El Diario - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- A total of two and a half million of our fellow Bolivians who migrated to foreign countries since 2000, sent home U.S. $1,000 million annually, making remittances now represent the second largest source of foreign exchange for Bolivia, after export earnings from natural gas, according to conclusions reached in three forums held by the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE). |
There are Eight Laws Without Penalty Date
| La Razón - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- Although there are no specific time limits, the Plurinational Legislature must approve eight standards complementary to the organic laws for the new state structure to begin. |
The FELCN Found 108 Packages of Cocaine Base
| La Razón - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- The collection center was in the midst of sunflower plantations and intervened late Saturday and early yesterday morning, in the community March 16, the municipality of San Julian, 175 miles east of the capital, about 25 kilometers from the road to Trinidad. The identity of the landowner is unknown. |
Chile Talks about Resolving the Maritime Issue
| La Razón - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- Last Friday, Ravinet and Saavedra declared Tambo Quemado 1 and 2 mine-free lands, areas containing 4400 antipersonnel and antitank mines. The Minister of Defense of Chile said that the government of President Evo Morales gives stability to the bilateral negotiation. |
Reissuing the Charaña agreement with Chile is Unconstitutional
| El Diario - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- To reissue the Charaña agreement with Chile is unconstitutional and shows that the Government has no clear agenda to address a sovereign maritime border, the deputy for National Convergence (CN) Standard, Norma Piérola, told El Diario. |
Remittances from Migrants are Second Source of Foreign Exchange
| El Diario - La Paz, August 2, 2010 -- A total of two and a half million of our fellow Bolivians who migrated to foreign countries since 2000, sent home U.S. $1,000 million annually, making remittances now represent the second largest source of foreign exchange for Bolivia, after export earnings from natural gas, according to conclusions reached in three forums held by the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE). |
Senator Fidel Surco Causes an Accident While Intoxicated
| La Razón - La Paz, August 3, 2010 -- Fidel Surco, MAS senator and president of the National Coordinator for Change (CONALCAM), starred in a traffic accident yesterday when driving his vehicle while intoxicated. The incident took place on Avenida Julio Cesar Valdez of El Alto, at approximately 10:30. |
Corruption Generates Ungovernability
| La Razón - La Paz, August 3, 2010 -- We proposed that the suspension of the authorities pass the tax investigation stage and then onto the judge and just now came the temporary suspension. This wording was presented to representatives of the opposition who were at the negotiating table. They ignored the proposal. All were rejected and we returned to square one. It was a rejection and the opposition ignored us. They said: "Here there are two words missing and we reject the proposal." | Official Betti Tejada: The opposition rejected a proposal by two words. |
House of Representatives Seeking to Amend the Customs Act
El Mundo - Santa Cruz, August 3, 2010 -- The House began debate on the bill amending the Tax Code and the Customs Law, which toughen penalties against smuggling [...] According to official statistics, the Bolivian economy has forgone about 375 million dollars due to tax evasion smuggling each year.
Natural Gas Consumption Increased by 17 Percent Nationwide
El Mundo - Santa Cruz, August 3, 2010 -- In the first half, the consumption of natural gas in the country rose by 17 percent, compared to the same period of 2009. The increase was from 39,506 to 46,136 million cubic feet. The largest increase is due to the generation fo thermal power.
Chile Wants to Use Bolivia to Jam Arbitration from Peru
| El Diario - La Paz, August 3, 2010 -- The latest statements by Defence Minister of Chile, Jaime Ravinet, about the current situation in bilateral relations being a "good time" to reach agreements with Bolivia, were regarded as a form of using the country to engage the maritime boundary arbitration brought by Peru to the International Court at The Hague, according to researcher Victor Hugo Chávez. |
Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. and Its Bolivian Subsidiary Raptor Ventures, SLR Granted Commercialization License by Bolivian Authorities
The Wall Street Journal´s Market Watch, August 3, 2010 -- Planet Resource Recovery, Inc. is pleased to announce that the company's Bolivian subsidiary, Raptor Ventures, SLR's corporate charter has been ratified by Bolivian authorities. The ratification of the company's corporate charter grants the company the commercial license to commence mining operations. Commercial operations are slated to commence before mid-August 2010.
Bolivian puts up $1 bn to launch lithium investment fund
TMC News (EFE), August 2, 2010 -- Bolivian magnate Marcelo Claure provided $1 billion in seed money to establish the first investment fund focused on companies in the lithium industry, La Paz daily Pagina Siete said Monday.
Venezuela and a Constant Meddling in Neighbors' Affairs
OPINION
by Jerry Brewer
Mexidata.info, August 2, 2010 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has remained in office for over a decade, shows no apparent signs of future restraint when it comes to bullying and aggression against his western hemisphere neighbors.
by Jerry Brewer
Mexidata.info, August 2, 2010 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has remained in office for over a decade, shows no apparent signs of future restraint when it comes to bullying and aggression against his western hemisphere neighbors.
Leader of the FELCC and Intelligence are Called on for the Dirk Case
| Los Tiempos - Cochabamba, August 5, 2010 -- Colonels Miguel Gonzales and Guido Plata, director of the Special Task Force Against Crime (FELCC) and Chief of Police Intelligence in Santa Cruz, took an emergency trip to La Paz responding to a call from the Police Command. |
Former Police Chief Said There Was No Order to Act
| Los Tiempos - Cochabamba, August 5, 2010 -- The former commander of the department of Potosí, Orlando Avila, said yesterday that he learned of the lynching of four policemen in the town of Uncía when everything had happened and received no orders from above to intervene in the place. |
Surco Requests His License and Peasant Leaders Demand His Resignation
| El Diario - La Paz, August 5, 2010 -- While MAS Senator, Fidel Surco, faced prosecution for "dangerous driving," the demands increase for his resignation and/or that his license of the Upper House be indefinite "out of respect for citizens." In this context, legislator Surco requested yesterday 15 days to undergo the process of investigation initiated by the Attorney General of El Alto. |
MAS Adopted without Amendment the Customs Act Deputies
| La Prensa - La Paz, August 5, 2010 -- The House of Representatives ironed out the final details and approved without amendments the draft Law on Amendments to the Tax System and Customs, despite pressure from union leaders yesterday that surounded the Murillo Square, resulting in the arrest of 19 merchants after police used gas on the crowds. |
Three Sectors Discontent with MAS Call for the Change of 6 Ministers
| La Prensa - La Paz, August 5, 2010 -- Three social sectors related to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS): the peasants of the 20 provinces of La Paz, Potosi mining cooperatives and trade associations around the country, demand the change of at least six ministers, while throwing criticism and attacks against Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera. |
Bolivia's National Day
Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Department of State, August 5, 2010 -- On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Bolivia on the 185th anniversary of the founding of your country on August 6.
Violent clashes in Bolivia over new customs law
BBC, August 05, 2010 -- Bolivian police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to surround the government palace in the capital of La Paz.
Bolivia Government Negotiates as Protests in Silver, Zinc Mine Areas Grow
Bloomberg, Aug 4, 2010 -- Bolivian government officials will meet protestors from Potosi today in a bid to resolve regional disputes and end roadblocks that have isolated the county's principal mining region for a week, curtailing zinc and silver production.
Bolivia court upholds seizure of Montana man's cattle ranch, saying workers kept in servitude
Amherst Daily News, August 02,2010 -- A Bolivian court has upheld a government decision to seize a ranch from a U.S. cattleman and his family on the grounds they treated workers as virtual slaves, an official announced Monday
Bolivia court upholds seizure of Montana man's ranch
Montana´s News Station (AP), August 3, 2010 -- A Bolivian court has upheld a government decision to seize a ranch from a Plentywood, Mont., cattleman and his family on the grounds they treated workers like slaves.
Bolivia: H1N1 "explodes" but not as badly as last year
H5N1, August 02, 2010 -- In less than 24 hours, the new wave of H1N1 affecting the country has exploded from 35 to 49 confirmed cases, concentrated in five regions: La Paz, Tarija, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, and Beni.
The Church fears for hegemony, drug trafficking and corruption
| La Razon - La Paz, 5 Aug, 2010 -- The Church applauded the change process in the country, but warned that it is threatened by the temptation to impose a single thought, for justice to be subject to political interests and the increase in drug trafficking and corruption. |