‘Yo Soy Inmigrante:’ Bolivian Luis Gamarra, a Berklee Student Sings of the Immigrant Experience

Berklee reports: ‘Yo Soy Inmigrante:’ Berklee Student Sings of the Immigrant Experience By Bryan Parys Earlier this month, music business/management major Luis Gamarra brought 50 musicians and dancers—from Berklee and The Boston Conservatory—together in Berklee’s cutting-edge Shames Family Scoring Stage to record his original song, cowrote with fellow student Nicolas Farias, “Yo Soy Inmigrante” (“I…

This Country Is Running Out of Water Amid Historic Drought

Jan Rocha writes in EcoWatch: This Country Is Running Out of Water Amid Historic Drought The government of Bolivia, a landlocked country in the heart of South America, has been forced to declare a state of emergency as it faces its worst drought in at least 25 years. Much of the water supply to La…

Danes fund 93MW in Bolivia

Renews reports: Danes fund 93MW in Bolivia Denmark agrees to provide $129.2m to support three wind farms The Danish government has agreed to provide $129.2m for three wind farms with a combined 93MW of capacity in Bolivia. Denmark’s development cooperation agency Danida will lend $113.3m while the government will donate $15.8m, Bolivia’s energy ministry said….

Santa Cruz: There will be a deposit for disused electronic devices

El Deber reports: There will be a deposit for disused electronic devices The municipal government, through the Municipal Cleaning Company of Santa Cruz (Emacruz), will incorporate four points for the deposit of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), in the districts of the city. The objective is to avoid the environmental pollution generated by the…

Bolivia’s severe water shortage triggers national emergency

Keith Walker reports for Euronews: Bolivia’s severe water shortage triggers national emergency Bolivia’s government has declared a national emergency because of a water shortage as it suffers the worst drought in 25 years. The country’s capital city gets water for just three hours a day, as reservoirs run dry. Last week, residents in Bolivia’s second…

What’s Behind Bolivia’s Cooperative Mining Wars?

Nacla reports: What’s Behind Bolivia’s Cooperative Mining Wars? Bolivia’s brutal cooperative mining conflict reveals the growing contradictions and perils of extractivism at the end of the commodities bonanza, as the government and popular sectors struggle to control a dwindling mining surplus. by Emily Achtenberg On August 25, Bolivia’s Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was detained,…