VOA reports: A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazonian region shortly after takeoff Saturday afternoon, killing all those on board. The victims on the twin-engine propeller plane included four Spanish nationals and the two-man crew, an air force captain and lieutenant. The Spaniards were en route to catch a flight back to Spain,…
Day: May 3, 2020
Bolivia NGO warns of increase in forest fires
AFP reports for CNA: LA PAZ: Environmentalists in Bolivia warned on Thursday (Apr 30) of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threaten a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged much of the Amazon in 2019. Bolivia registered 15,354 forest fires in the first four months of the year – a 35…
