Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: Are we a South American nuisance? The Movement towards Socialism (MAS) came to Government in 2005 without being sure of achieving it. It was a party of mestizos and indigenous people who, knowing they were strong, did not believe it was possible to gain power by displacing the traditional forces. Evo…
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Añez rejects Arce’s criteria regarding respect for democracy in the country | Añez rechaza criterios de Arce sobre el respeto a la democracia en el país
El Diario: They see cynicism in statements Questioning the words of the President of the State, Luis Arce Catacora, who from Chile stated that his government deplores any attitude against democracy, former President Jeanine Añez, reproached the “cynicism” of the authority, recalling that the Movement towards Socialism (MAS ) carried out electoral fraud in 2019,…
Agro giant Cargill tied to deforestation in Bolivia’s Chiquitano forest | El gigante agrícola Cargill está vinculado a la deforestación en el bosque chiquitano de Bolivia
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: by Maxwell Radwin on 11 September 2023 Global food giant Cargill has been tied to the destruction of thousands of hectares of dry tropical forest, which were cleared in eastern Bolivia to make room for soy production. The food distributor purchased soy from farms in the Santa Cruz department where more than 20,000 hectares…
The growing water crisis | La creciente crisis hídrica
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The current water shortage in much of the country requires urgent actions to mitigate its consequences; these would also have to serve to define long-range programs, since water insecurity will not disappear with the arrival of the rainy season. Indeed, except for the humid plain region: essentially Beni, Pando and the north…
What Arce promises is much more serious | Lo que Arce promete es mucho más serio
Ernesto Bascope, Los Tiempos: Masismo 2.0, an efficient despotism Like many, I made the mistake of believing that Luis Arce would be a decorative president, just a pawn of Morales willing to blindly obey his former master. With the departure of the incompetent Mr. Chávez from the Attorney General’s Office, the former bureaucrat seeks more…
Cochabamba: Drought | Sequía
Cristina Cotari, Los Tiempos: Experts: Drought will last a decade in Cochabamba and will dry up southern rivers Cochabamba will endure prolonged periods of drought in the next 10 years due to the lack of rain, due to the El Niño phenomenon, according to experts. The lack of rainfall will mainly affect the southern cone…
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