Aygen Marsh, Amico Hoops: From the file: An extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on July 23, 2020 (Reuters / Francois Lenoir) The majority of members of the European Parliament condemned on Thursday the arrest of former Bolivian interim President Janine Anez He asked the Bolivian authorities to release him, his two…
Month: April 2021
Now against the European Union – Ahora contra la Unión Europea
Editorial, El Deber: In this incessant search for ‘enemies’ to blame for all the evils and discredit critical voices, Evo Morales and those close to him have been developing a national campaign with visits to the provinces and meetings with almost the same emphasis as during the last electoral campaigns. The most recent ‘enemy’ identified…
Chaotic vaccination in Bolivia – Caótica vacunación en Bolivia
Veronica Ormachea, Pagina Siete: “Get vaccinated those who can,” say the Bolivians. Such is the deficiency of the vaccination system in Bolivia, that the best vaccine is the one that citizens manage to be inoculated with. We have suffered and continue to suffer from the confinement, the security protocols and now there is another stumbling…
Illegal forest clearing and mining concessions – Desmontes y concesiones mineras ilegales
ANF, Los Tiempos: Protected areas face clearing and mining concessions, park rangers denounce Protected Areas face serious problems of clearing plans and “invasion” of mining concessions, with scarce economic resources, without sufficient personnel and with a general director of the National Service of Protected Areas (Sernap) who has no commitment to these areas, but with…
Land Trafficking Fuels Constant Corruption in Bolivia
InSight Crime: The arrest of a Bolivian minister for alleged bribery related to land trafficking highlights how this practice has fueled corruption in the country time and time again. Last week, Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo announced that his cabinet colleague and the Minister for Rural Development and Land, Edwin Ronald Characayo Villega, had been arrested along…
BOLIVIA BANS BEEF EXPORTS AMID SUPPLY FEARS, RISING PRICES
Daniel Ramos, Reuters, Successful Farming: LA PAZ, April 22 (Reuters) – Bolivia has temporarily banned exports of beef in order to guarantee supply for its domestic market and to prevent prices from rising, the government said on Thursday. “We are suspending meat exports,” Minister of Rural Development and Lands Remmy Gonzales told reporters, adding the…
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