Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: COLCHANI, Bolivia — Bolivia is taking another shot at lithium investment. After decades of stalled projects and soured relationships with international investors, the central government, under left-wing President Luis Arce, is evaluating offers from six overseas mining companies eager to help the country set up a monopoly on the world’s largest deposit…
Month: December 2022
Encroachments – Avasallamientos
Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: Since 2021, more than 50 private properties have been encroached in Santa Cruz, according to Camacho The Governor of Santa Cruz criticized the absence of the Police, the Prosecutor’s Office and the INRA in the illegal seizure of land. An analyst says that the modification to the regulations of the…
Santa Cruz calls for an end to political persecution – Santa Cruz pide cese de persecución política
El Diario: El gobernador Luis Fernando Camacho agradeció la asistencia de la ciudadanía e insistió que hay una persecución contra quienes lideraron el paro. | Governor Luis Fernando Camacho thanked the citizens for their assistance and insisted that there is persecution against those who led the strike. March of the Interinstitutional Committee The “Great March…
What are you waiting for, President, to stop the violence? – ¿Qué espera, presidente para frenar la violencia?
Editorial, El Deber: Impotence and helplessness in Santa Cruz. The encroachments on land reach intolerable extremes, in the face of the indifferent gaze of the national government, the Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The images of yesterday’s confrontation are horrifying, because they leave evidence that these people who want to take possession of others…
While gov seeks support from miners, fails to control mercury pollution – Mientras el gobierno busca el apoyo de los mineros, no logra controlar la contaminación por mercurio
Thomas Graham, Yale School of the Environment: In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining A boom in small-scale gold mining in Bolivia has raised concerns about pollution from mercury used in the mining process. Researchers are citing the health impacts on downstream villages, but the government has yet to act to…
A profound difference – Una profunda diferencia
CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press, ABC News: In Bolivia, literacy training makes a profound difference Bolivia is one of the poorest nations in South America, and nearly a fourth of its citizens could not read nor write a generation ago PUCARANI, Bolivia — Anacleta Mamani has no teeth, but a happy smile: She’s learned to read and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 