The evaporation of Bolivia’s second-largest body of water has displaced hundreds if not thousands of people By CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press UNTAVI, Bolivia (AP) — Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia’s second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in…
Day: January 22, 2016
Zika spreads to Bolivia, infecting pregnant woman
AFP reports via YahooNews: Zika spreads to Bolivia, infecting pregnant woman La Paz (AFP) – A pregnant woman has been diagnosed with Zika in Bolivia, authorities said Tuesday, the first time the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked to birth defects, has been transmitted here. Health officials in the South American country had previously detected…
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