[Translation via Craig Spencer] http://www.buscabo.net/20030223/economia_8.html
>The Hidden Agenda of the IMF >The IMF has been urging an income tax (on Bolivia) for 4 years. > ...which included provisions for progressive rates between 13% > and 25%... > ... according to this document Bolivia has a tax structure that > is too simple. The number of national and local taxes is only > about a dozen. Doubtless, "this simplicity", according to the > IMF "has a cost in structural terms which results in an inability > to mitigate inequality of income and difficulty in directing > national resources. ... > The IMF's proposal aimed at increasing tax revenues. For this > purpose ... an income tax, especially on all the income of natural > persons is required http://www.laprensa-bolivia.net//20030224/politica/politica06.htm >La Prensa : The Police Anti-Terrorist Squad fired at the Palace >of Government >... the Institute of Forensic Investigation ... established that >the anti-terrorist police of the Rapid Reaction Force (GAI) fired >at the Palace of Government during the armed confrontation with the >military in Murillo Square, Wednesday the 12th of February. >The GAI, whose unit is entirely financed by the US Embassy in >La Paz, apparently in aid of the rebellious police that resisted the >soldiers fired their sniper rifles ... at the windows of the >offices in the Palace of government. [where the President was at the time]
