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…
Category: Beni
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…
Miners seek green light for illegal mining – Mineros buscan luz verde para la minería ilegal
ANF, El Diario: Experts warn The massive march of the miners affiliated with the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Bolivia (Fencomin) should not be an excuse to negotiate the natural heritage or to ask for the green light in illegal mining exploitation, maintain the director of the Bolivian Documentation and Information Center (Cedib), Óscar…
Beni: tacana chocolate looks at the urban markets of Bolivia | el chocolate tacana mira los mercados urbanos de Bolivia
Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Chocolate from that region is highly requested in the cafes of Rurrenabaque. Tourists ask for organic cocoa. In the community of Altamarani one of the best chocolates is produced. The initiative is led by Tacana indigenous people who live in that town, located in the municipality of San Buenaventura in…
Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon fight back against threats to their home | Indígenas de la Amazonía boliviana luchan contra las amenazas a su hogar
Nation World News: The evil in this remote point of the planet is demonstrated by an extreme appetite for deforestation, which puts Bolivia among the three countries in the world with the greatest loss of its tropical primary forests, reports Global Forest Watch And that too during 2022. World Resources Institute – 386,000 hectares got…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 