Jesus R. Alanoca, El Deber: Former minister proposes to postpone subnational elections for 60 days due to the outbreak of Covid-19 Ortiz recently walked away from the Democrats. He considers that authorities carry out electoral calculations that put the health of the population at risk The former minister and former candidate for the Presidency, Óscar…
Month: January 2021
Natural Gas – Agriculture
Editorial, El Deber: Gas and agri, time to think outside the box There is a phrase widely used in recent times: think outside the box, which means leaving the traditional schemes to innovate and seek new solutions to problems. This is what the national government has to do at this time, when it is necessary…
Industrial agriculture threatens a wetland oasis in Bolivia
Gustavo Jimenez, Morgan Erickson-Davis, Mongabay: An oasis within dry Chiquitano forest in eastern Bolivia, Concepción Lake and its surrounding wetland provide valuable habitat for 253 bird, 48 mammal and 54 fish species. However, despite being officially listed as a protected area, cultivation of commodity crops like soy and sorghum is expanding and supplanting habitat. Agricultural…
2020, año absurdo, 2021, año preocupante – Absurd 2020, worrisome 2021
Editorial, El Diario: Surely the history of Bolivia will consider the past political year as the most negative and absurd of its existence due to the appalling management of political activities and the inefficiency of its eventual administrators. Therefore, it is not possible to stop remembering what happened during that stage, in such a way…
Alerta hidrológica – Hydrological alert
ABI, Los Tiempos: Senamhi issues hydrological alert notice with possible overflows of five basins The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) issued this Thursday the hydrological alert notice of orange priority until January 2 next with possible overflows of the Mamoré, Beni, Madre de Dios, Acre and Tahuamanu basins, in the Amazon region of the…
Polarizada – Bolivia – Polarized
Roberto Laserna, El Dia: Polarization and political conflict After having lived two very intense years in the country, with two national elections, violent conflicts, two changes of government and a transition heavily hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, we arrived at the end of 2020 with a collective sense of concern and fear. The country has…
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