Dennis Cassinelli, Nevada Appeal: Many years ago, a fabulous city sprang up on the slopes of an incredibly rich mountain of silver. The country was a high desert region of mountains and canyons. The miners soon found that the local native Indian tribes had to be tamed before the full potential of the silver strike…
Month: December 2021
Origen de conflictos – MAS – Origin of conflicts
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Uncertain times Civic leaders of Potosí hidden from judicial persecution, a march in their defense and a national council in preparation for January 15, configure, for the next few weeks, a conflictive perspective fueled by some government authorities and MAS leaders, a few days after the end of the year parties. Since…
Green-Energy Race Draws an American Underdog to Bolivia’s Lithium
By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times [lectura en español]: SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — The mission was quixotic for a small Texas energy start-up: Beat out Chinese and Russian industrial giants in unlocking mineral riches that could one day power tens of millions of electric vehicles. A team traveled from Austin to Bolivia in late…
Odio masista – Masista hatred
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: Hate as a state policy It is not only the friend-enemy logic with which the regime operates, it implies that there are no political adversaries with whom to debate; no, there are only enemies to destroy; part of the criterion: you are with me or you are against me, and if…
Liberar presos políticos y auditoría elecciones 2020 – Free political prisoners and audit 2020 elections
Correo del Sur: Civic Summit demands the release of political prisoners and an audit of the 2020 elections Civics also announced that they will promote actions before the international criminal justice for the arrest of civic leaders The “Summit for Justice and Freedom” held by the Bolivian civic committees in Potosí concluded. The leaders of…
In the Pantanal, Bolivia leads environmental preservation
The Newsroom: Concerned about the environmental impacts of paving the highway that crosses the region, residents of a town on the agricultural frontier pressured the city to create an integral conservation unit covering 37% of the municipality’s territory, including the most fertile land. Such a script is unlikely in Brazil, where agribusiness, contrary to the…
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