Red Seal for evo! – Sello Rojo para evo!

El Dia reports: For the audio case They seek to activate the red seal against Evo Management. Prosecutor’s Office works to make it happen this week. The state attorney general, Juan Lanchipa, assured that this week the judicial requirements will be issued to activate the red seal against former president Evo Morales, who is being…

The Chapare mystery – El misterio del Chapare

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The Chapare mystery The coca growers in Yungas were concerned that the quarantine prevented them from bringing the coca to the country’s markets, until they found a solution: they are going to apply all the biosafety protocols. The trucks will be disinfected with strict asepsis criteria and the producers…

CORRUPTION 101: MAS impunity – Impunidad masista

Wilson Aguilar reports for Los Tiempos: At least 15 cases of corruption by MAS continue with impunity At least 15 cases of alleged corruption that occurred in the MAS government remain unclear. An expert assures that crimes of this type do not prescribe. In recent days, members of the MAS, including Evo Morales, questioned about…

Scientists are producing data without sharing it with people who actually need it

All scientists want their research to have impact. But how often is that impact realized? A recent case study in Madidi National Park, Bolivia sought to put numbers to actual rates of knowledge dissemination and implementation. This study, published by Anne Toomey, assistant professor at Pace University, María Eugenia Copa Alvaro from the Colección Boliviana de Fauna in Bolivia,…