Publicado por BOLPRESS Escrito por Marcela Benavides 2 Septiembre 2010 Una mirada externa desde el interior, una crítica interna desde el exterior | Esta será una sistematización de “miradas: Es una mirada externa desde el interior: soy yo como ecuatoriana académica militante en organizaciones que se oponen a los tratados de libre comercio mirando la [...]
Publicado por ARGENPRESS Escrito por Antonio Peredo Leigue 30 Agosto 2010 La tercera reflexión del Compañero Fidel respecto a las revelaciones de Daniel Estulin sobre un gobierno mundial oculto, ha profundizado nuestra preocupación. Es cierto que, la existencia de ese gobierno en las sombras, debe preocupar a todos los hombres y todas las mujeres. Quienes [...]
Publicado por Revista PUEBLOS Escrito por Erika González y Tania Martínez Portugal 24 Agosto 2010 Bolivia empezó a ser rentable para la Inversión Extranjera Directa cuando se pusieron a la venta las grandes empresas estatales del país. Fue entonces cuando los capitales foráneos iniciaron su control sobre prácticamente todos los ámbitos económicos. En este proceso, [...]
Publicado por BOLPRESS 22 Agosto 2010 Grandes empresas mineras con enorme poder económico e influencia política siguen envenenando ríos y tierras en Oruro y Potosí La expansión de la agroindustria es la principal causa de la desertificación de suelos y del acelerado deterioro de la vegetación en los departamentos de Tarija, Chuquisaca y Santa Cruz, [...]
Published by guardian.co.uk 18 August 2010 The radical tide is about to be put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela. If support holds, it will have lessons for all of us | Nearly two centuries after it won nominal independence and Washington declared it a backyard, Latin America is standing up. The tide of [...]
Publicado por Rebelión Escrito por Rafael Bautista S. 19 Agosto 2010 El conflicto de Potosí expone a un Estado que se debate entre el modelo que adopta y el horizonte que promete. En esta ambivalencia se tropieza un Estado cuya dirección va perdiendo perspectiva y, en consecuencia, proyecto propio. ¿Por qué empiezan a acumularse contradicciones [...]
Published by Upside Down World Written by Jeffery R. Webber 16 August 2010 The streets of the city of Potosí, 600 kilometres southeast of the capital of La Paz, are desolate, distended with the uncollected garbage of 18 days of a general strike and popular revolt against poverty. Over 700 vehicles are trapped in road [...]
Publicado por Bolpress 5 Agosto 2010 Hasta la fecha, Bolivia sólo accedía a recursos concesionales destinados a países de ingresos bajos, como aún ocurre con Nicaragua, Honduras o Haití. En un mínimo de dos años, el gobierno de Bolivia podrá acceder a fuentes de financiamiento, garantías para inversiones y créditos contingentes para emergencias o crisis [...]
Published by COHA Written by Research Associate Katherine Charin 23 June 2010 Evo Morales Ayma, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, has many promises and expectations to fulfill as viewed by his fellow indigenous. During his two terms in office, he has created many new opportunities for Bolivia’s native people, by enforcing the government’s new constitution and [...]
Published by The Huffington Post Written by Elisabeth Rhyne June 11, 2010 Populist governments across Latin America are re-shaping the environment in which microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide financial services to low income people. The proposals of these governments are similar -interest rate caps that are politically attractive but unfeasible, public intervention in financial services (as [...]
Published by The Democracy Center Written by Kylie Benton-Connell 6 June 2010 The world is watching with mounting horror as BP fails to contain a six week-long environmental catastrophe off the Southern coast of the U.S. Its Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April, leaving 11 workers dead and oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico [...]
Published by Bolivia Rising Federico Fuentes, Cochabamba May 17 2010 The tremendous success of the April 19-22 World Peoples Summit on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, has confirmed the well-deserved role of its initiator — Bolivian President Evo Morales — as one of the world’s leading environmental advocates. Since being [...]
Published by The Democracy Center 11 May 2010 Bolivia and its lithium – it is an emerging tale that has begun to capture the interest of journalists and the public alike. The New Yorker, the New York Times and other top-level journals have all come to Bolivia to examine what it means when the most [...]
Entrevista de Amy Goodman de Democracy Now al Presidente Evo Morales Transcripción y traducción para Rebelión de Jorge Aldao y Germán Leyens 7 Mayo 2010 Al cerrar la Conferencia de los Pueblos del Mundo sobre Cambio Climático en Cochabamba, hablamos con el presidente boliviano Evo Morales sobre la decisión de EE.UU. de cortar la ayuda [...]
by Pía Riggirozzi Article provided by Palgrave Macmillan Journals in its journal Development. Information and link provided by IDEAS March 1, 2010 Pía Riggirozzi analyzes the challenges of embracing new models of citizenship and social development in Argentina, Bolivia and Venezuela. Together with a new spirit of change, the spectacular economic recovery after 2003 allowed [...]
By Vicente Fretes Cibils, Marcelo Giugale, Connie Luff, World Bank 2006 After many years of severe institutional crisis, Bolivia is reorienting its development strategy and closing the gap between the country’s problems and effective solutions. This book contributes to the debate on how to confront the challenges that Bolivia faces today. It presents ideas to [...]
by COHA Research Associate Megan McAdams 17 Nov 2009 According to Bolivian President Evo Morales, lithium is not only important to his country’s economic future but is “the hope of humanity,” as the lightweight metal efficiently stores energy capable of powering the eco-friendly cars of the future. Bolivia’s lithium reserves have made headlines in the [...]
Publié par Centre Tricontinental par François Polet 19 octobre 2009 Une double caractéristique confère à l’entreprise de transformation sociale par la voie démocratique en cours en Bolivie une portée symbolique et refondatrice hors du commun : sa volonté d’en finir avec le « colonialisme interne » par le biais d’un « gouvernement des mouvements sociaux [...]
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