Editorial, El Deber: Several million inhabitants are literally suffocated by the smoke that invades the country. The fire spreads in five departments and Bolivia occupies second place with the highest number of heat sources, just as it is on the podium for poor quality air to breathe. It is the worst moment in history in…
Category: Beni
Blazes and drought | Incendios y sequía
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In the last four years, forest fires devastated more than 18.6 million hectares. The good news is that so far in 2023 the fire has destroyed a smaller area than those devastated in the last four years (one million hectares versus 5.7 million in 2019). The bad news is that forest fires…
Parabas Barba Azul | Blue-collared macaws
Los Tiempos: Foto referencial. | Internet. Eight Blue-throated macaws that are in danger of extinction are repatriated from Canada Early this Wednesday, eight Blue-throated Macaws, an endemic species that is in danger of extinction, arrived in Bolivian territory from Canada, reported the Vice Minister of Environment and Biodiversity, Magín Herrera. The repatriated macaws, five males…
Indigenous genocide | Genocidio de indígenas
Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, El Diario: Every day about a hundred Chinese arrive in Bolivia, according to evidence at the Santa Cruz airport, sent for unknown political or economic purposes, but they are here to stay. Perhaps they are escaping from the economic crisis that the Chinese dragon is experiencing or perhaps they are sent to…
La lejanía no protegió a los Tsimané amazónicos del COVID-19 | Remoteness didn’t protect Amazonian Tsimané from COVID-19
University of Utah, EurekAlert!: El aislamiento colectivo voluntario por sí solo fue ineficaz para mitigar la propagación de la enfermedad infecciosa en comunidades indígenas remotas y de pequeña escala. La intervención médica directa es necesaria durante las pandemias globales. Los pueblos indígenas han sufrido desproporcionadamente por la actual pandemia de COVID-19. Los factores sistémicos, incluida…
Arson – Incendios provocados
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Winter ends and hot spots, forest fires and grass fires multiply. This year, exceptionally, Santa Cruz is not the department most affected by the devastating fires that are now more numerous in Beni, Cochabamba and La Paz. The last official report yesterday on satellite monitoring of hot spots in the country, registered…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 