UPDATE 9:30 Fri Aug 23, 2019: evo has a tv spot announcing he made this tanker possible, he is in permanent campaign, the illegitimate and impossible candidate, rejected in the Referendum of 2/21/2016. This photo shows the tanker while there is a a long line of trucks with water … and the plane arrived at…
Month: August 2019
How evo is now perceived by the world’s socialist community …
Bolivian Thoughts Opinion: They usually tend to amaze me, I’m talking about the self-labelled socialists that pullulate our world … during the 90’s they were mostly known as the watermelons … red inside and green on the outside, as they intended to reinvent themselves as their “logic and theory” became impractical, while environmental issues were…
500 species at risk due to fire in the Chiquitano Forest
AFP reports via El Deber: The flames have consumed more than 471,000 hectares in the department of Santa Cruz. Environmentalists warn of the serious risk to the variety of ecosystems that coexist in this natural reserve. Almost 500,000 hectares of the Chiquitano Forest were lost in the forest fire that still affects the reserve. Photo:…
The other Evo Morales
William Herrera writes in El Deber: The events of this August 6 showed the other Evo Morales, with a very short, well structured, conciliatory speech, showing security, confidence and projecting future. Unlike the past 13 years, now he did not denounce the country he sells, he did not confront, he did not expand on figures…
PolitiFact taught fact-checking skills to Bolivian journalists. Here’s how it went.
Daniel Funke and Susan Benkelman write for Poynter: Teaching fact-checking in Bolivia One of the greatest strengths of the fact-checking community is its commitment to collaboration and knowledge-sharing across borders. Such was the case last week when Miriam Valverde, a fact-checker covering immigration for (Poynter-owned) PolitiFact (and Daniel’s colleague), traveled to La Paz, Bolivia, to teach fact-checking…
Nike Releases Neon “B2-Fera” React Element 55 Inspired by Bolivian Culture
Emily Engle reports for Hypebeast: The tropical colorway designed by Fera Schmidt will drop August 19. Bolivian fashion designer Fera Schmidt of ICETEES recently teamed up with Nike and its WeAreCultivator program, an initiative that aims to further highlight the stories of Nike collaborators. The result of this particular collaboration is a tropical neon green React Element 55 that draws…
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