Guttmacher Institute news release: Indigenous Women in Bolivia Do Not Desire Larger Families Than Non-Indigenous Women: A new studyof couples in Bolivia finds that indigenous and nonindigenous womenhave nearly the same rate of wanted births, a finding that
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Tariff Preferences and Drug Policies
This all sounds familiar. A developed country uses illegal drug production/trafficking as a criterion for deciding which countries to include in a tariff preference program. The DS246 EC – Tariff Preferences case, brought by India? No, this time it’s the
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Bolivia: Insurance Regulatory Structure to Change as Part of Constitutional Reforms
As part of the structural changes ushered in by the new Bolivian constitution (for further discussion, see here), the central government will absorb eight of the country’s ten existing superintendencies, leaving only the superintendencies of banking and hydrocarbons as
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Aon Releases 2009 Political Risk Map; Four Latin American Countries Noted as High-Risk
International broker Aon has released its 2009 political risk map, which identifies Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba as Latin American countries with high political risk based on measures of the countries’ risk of currency inconvertibility and transfer; strikes, riots and
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Bolivia Approves New Constitution, Increasing Nationalization Concerns
As expected, reports indicate that the people have Bolivia have approved the new constitution proposed by President Evo Morales, though by a smaller margin than some had expected. The new constitution is designed to provide the nation’s indigenous populations a
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Bolivian Supreme Court Orders Improved Access to Abortion
Ipas: Bolivian Supreme Court Directs Courts to Implement Abortion Policy: The Supreme Court of Justice of /Bolivia, the nation’shighest court, issued an order on October 17 to all lower courts judges obligating them to implement Article 266 of the…
Bolivian Association of Insurers Denounces “Illegal” Foreign Insurance
The Asociacion Boliviana de Asegoradores (ABA), a private association of Bolivian insurers, recently denounced the “illegal” sale of travel and life insurance by non-registered, foreign insurers. …
Bolivia: National Electoral Court Says Upcoming Referendum on a New Constitution is Void
SEC Settles FCPA Charges Against Willbros Group
The SEC filed a settled civil action against Willbros Group, Inc. and several former employees alleging that they violated the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. According…
Abortion in Peril in Latin America
Via Time Magazine (8/9/07):The remarkable comeback by leftist political parties in Latin America in recent years has been accompanied by moves to roll back the region’s abortion laws, widely considered some of the world’s most restrictive. Mexico City’s leftist-dominated legislature…