Author ArchiveAnalysts Expect Inflation to Pass 6% By 2011Monday, December 6th, 2010 Despite financial projections from the Monetary Policy Report released in July predicting a national inflation rate between 3% and 5% for 2010 and government forecasts which reported 4.5% as the high estimate for annual inflation, recent numbers anticipate that the inflation… Read More..>>Evo Expresses Confidence in Cristina Fernández, Denies Iran RumorsFriday, December 3rd, 2010 The backlash from the recent Wikileaks release of classified American diplomatic documents continued in Bolivia today as President Evo Morales gave a press conference to clarify potentially damaging claims included in the leak… Read More..>>Health Ministry Reports Rising Occurrence of HIV/AIDS CasesThursday, December 2nd, 2010 According to a new report by the STI-HIV/AIDS program of the Health Ministry, new figures show over 600 new cases of HIV/AIDS in the country, 45 of those cases consisting of minors… Read More..>>New Education Law Proposes “Anti-Imperialist” School CurriculaWednesday, December 1st, 2010 Drafts of the Avelino Siñani-Elizardo Pérez Education Law, currently in development, obtained by La Prensa newspaper show the government’s plans to institutionalize “anti-imperialist and anti-patriarchal” curricula… Read More..>>Officials Race to Counter Allegations of Evo TumorTuesday, November 30th, 2010 Iván Canelas, spokesman for President Evo Morales, responded today to statements made by Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim in confidential documents recently released by Wikileaks suggesting President Morales suffers from a nasal tumor… Read More..>>Foreign Ministry Says Chile Should Make Maritime Proposal Before 2011Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Bolivian Foreign Relations Minister David Choquehuanca announced today that Chile is scheduled to present possible solutions for the countries’ long-standing maritime dispute at a bilateral meeting before 2011… Read More..>>Trillizos Bridges Open in La Paz After Long DelaysSunday, November 28th, 2010  Officials in La Paz will celebrate the inauguration of the three Trillizos bridges which provide new routes for motor and foot traffic between central La Paz and areas in Zona Sur today… Read More..>>Evo Launches New Criticisms at United States at Defense Secretary ConferenceTuesday, November 23rd, 2010 At the inauguration of the Ninth Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas yesterday in Santa Cruz, Bolivian President Evo Morales launched another rhetorical attack against the government of the United States and its foreign policy… Read More..>>Hurricane-force Winds Destroy 800 Hectares of Fruit OrchardsTuesday, November 23rd, 2010 According to government reports, 800 hectares of fruit trees were destroyed and more than 30 families lost their homes after hurricane-force winds and heavy rains moved through the tropics of Cochabamba over the weekend. Erbol Radio reports that high winds induced panic in affected communities in the early hours of Sunday morning when several homes [...] Read More..>>Government to Raise Taxes on Alcohol and CigarettesTuesday, November 16th, 2010 The federal government announced today plans to raise taxes on alcohol and cigarettes in order to generate an extra 122 million bolivianos in state revenue, 49 million of which would go toward supporting sports programs… Read More..>> |