El Diario reports: Senamhi report Cochabamba, Beni and the north of La Paz are identified as the most vulnerable areas. From January to mid March there will be more rainfall. To date, the phenomenon of “El Niño” claimed the lives of three people and there are 282 families affected throughout the country. The threat of…
Month: December 2018
Ancient Hidden City Discovered Under Lake Titicaca
Ian Harvey for The Vintage News: Five minutes away from the town of Tiquina, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, archaeologists found the remains of an ancient civilization under the waters of the lake. The find was made 10 years ago, by Christophe Delaere, an archaeologist from the Free University of Belgium, by following information…
Bolivia landlocked: how lack of ports hinders economic growth
Belen Olmos and Homagni Choudhury write for The Conservation: Bolivia really wants a port (or two) to call its own. For more than a century, the landlocked Latin American country has fought with Chile over sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean and territory that Bolivia lost in a 19th century war with its neighbour. A number of…
Murillo denounces 4 members of the TSE for very serious fault
Erbol reports from El Dia: For endorsing the re-nomination Senator Arturo Murillo filed a complaint in the administrative channel for a very serious fault against the four members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which endorsed the resolution that enabled the re-nomination of Evo Morales. Those denounced are the members María Eugenia Choque, Lucy Cruz,…
Run-Up to the 2019 Bolivian Presidential Elections
Written by State Department , published in the Imperial Valley News, photo from the internet: Washington, DC – The United States joins the European Union in stressing that threats against judges from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal are not conducive to creating the conditions required to hold free and fair elections in 2019. Respect for the…
Bolivia’s Morales ignores unconstitutional accusations in reelection bid
AFP reports for Business Standard, photo from internet: Bolivian President Evo Morales is forging on in his bid to win a fourth term in next year’s elections, despite mounting opposition against a move branded unconstitutional. Morales has been in power since 2006, winning three elections already despite Bolivia’s 2009 constitution, which he himself promulgated, limiting presidents to two…
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