Editorial, Página Siete: President Luis Arce, in his speech for the national anniversary, compared his government to that of Jeanine Añez, whom he stopped calling a coup leader to describe it as “disastrous”; he highlighted “historical” economic figures of her management, but omitted the negative indicators of the economy; he denounced destabilization and did not…
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They denounce that an armed group has already invaded 8,500 hectares in Guarayos | Denuncian que grupo armado ya invadió 8.500 hectáreas en Guarayos
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Until now, the Police have not evicted the invaders who intend to seize 26,500 hectares in the Guarayos province. The lands were declared fiscally unavailable by INRA. They have already displaced the inhabitants of five communities The same group that invaded lands in Las Londras and kidnapped a group of journalists…
Bolivia: Without plan due to uncontrolled use of mercury | Sin plan ante uso descontrolado de mercurio
El Diario: The UN rapporteur, Marco Orellana, expressed concern about the little effort to prevent the use of the chemical in mining that affects the country’s indigenous peoples. Likewise, he said that the trafficking of mercury from Bolivia to the countries of the region frustrates international efforts to eliminate its use in the extraction of…
Tailings dam wall collapses | Dique de colas colapsa
El Potosi, Correo del Sur: Técnicos de la Gobernación potosina realizan el monitoreo de las aguas en el río Tarapaya, antes de que llegue a territorio chuquisaqueño. | Technicians from the Potosi Government carry out water monitoring in the Tarapaya River, before it reaches Chuquisaca territory. | GENTILEZA Tailings dam wall collapses in Potosí and…
Marcelo Claure
Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg, NDTV: Opinión de Bolivian Thoughts: Este artículo menciona a Simon Patiño y lo compara con Marcelo Claure … no olvidemos que Marcelo hizo semejante fortuna fuera del país, y eso es ¡muy encomiable! Cómo Marcelo Claure, ex director de operaciones de Softbank, planea gastar sus miles de millones Marcelo Claure está listo…
Another lost arbitration | Otro arbitraje perdido
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Once again, the Bolivian State has lost an arbitration before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the international body established by the World Bank for these disputes between States and private investors. The arbitration that the State has lost this time was filed in 2018 by the Spanish group…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 