The city by the mountain of silver

Dennis Cassinelli, Nevada Appeal: Many years ago, a fabulous city sprang up on the slopes of an incredibly rich mountain of silver. The country was a high desert region of mountains and canyons. The miners soon found that the local native Indian tribes had to be tamed before the full potential of the silver strike…

Green-Energy Race Draws an American Underdog to Bolivia’s Lithium

By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times [lectura en español]: SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — The mission was quixotic for a small Texas energy start-up: Beat out Chinese and Russian industrial giants in unlocking mineral riches that could one day power tens of millions of electric vehicles. A team traveled from Austin to Bolivia in late…

Canibalismo azul – MAS – Blue cannibalism

Lupe Cajias, Pagina Siete: From Ametex to Aasana What unites Teresa Morales Olivera and Arminda Choque Paca? The two were appointed to occupy high responsibilities in the public administration without having sufficient professional preparation. The result is a catastrophe for hundreds of families: Teresa put hundreds of Ametex workers out of work and Arminda accelerated…

NO a la represa/No to the dam: Chepete-El Bala

ANF, El Diario: Defense Committee rejects the Chepete-El Bala project Through a public statement, the Committee for the Defense of Amazonian life in the Madera River Basin rejected the implementation of the Chepete-El Bala hydroelectric project as an ecocidal threat, that is, of destruction of nature. Denounced that the government of Luis Arce Catacora intends…