Drug Trafficking Defense – Defensa del narcotráfico

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Drug Trafficking Defense The discovery of 32 cocaine factories in just seven hours in Chapare, the destruction of a modern hydrochloride factory that produced a ton per day, the capture of a plane with a ton of Bolivian drugs in Mexico and the detention of linked millionaire masistas to…

Bolivia struggles with severe dengue outbreak

UNTV reports: Ten people have died of dengue fever in Bolivia in the last week and there are at least 9,500 suspected cases nationwide, health authorities in the country said on Sunday (February 2). The department of Santa Cruz is one of the most affected, with more than 1,200 cases. On Sunday, Bolivian authorities fumigated…

US and Bolivia sign deal to protect Bourbon and Singani

Nicola Carruthers reports for The Spirits Business: The US and Bolivia have signed an agreement to recognise Bourbon and Tennessee whiskey as American products, and Singani as a Bolivian spirit. Last Friday (24 January), United States trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Bolivia’s foreign minister Karen Longaric signed the deal during a ceremony in Washington DC,…

Rare Amazon bush dogs caught on camera in Bolivia

Rhett Butler reports in Mongabay: Video footage of a pack of rarely-seen bush dogs has been captured by a camera trap at a ranch in eastern Bolivia. The footage, was captured at San Miguelito, a ranch located about 190 kilometers (120 miles) northeast of the city of Santa Cruz. The video shows a group of…