By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: The Other Side of Chapare: 30,000 Families Export Bananas and Generate Foreign Currency Each bunch begins a journey that will end in international markets. In Chimoré, the banana harvest supports thousands of families. Photo: Juan Carlos Torrejón. While Bolivia’s Tropical Region (Chapare) continues to be associated with coca, thousands of…
Category: Cochabamba
The Dollar Went for a Walk and Prices Started Running | El dólar salió a caminar y los precios a correr
By Gonzalo Chávez, Brujula Digital: These are anxious times in Bolivia and around the world. Some people change their cellphone and expect their love life to improve the next day, with all their followers suddenly seeing them as a heartthrob. Others start a new diet on Monday and by Tuesday complain because they still do…
Alasita’s National Defense | Defensa Nacional de la Alasita
By Vision 360: Artisans from Eight Bolivian Departments Build a National Agenda to Strengthen and Protect Alasita The meeting includes representatives from all federations, associations, and councils of amautas from Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Potosí, Chuquisaca, Oruro, Pando, Tarija, and La Paz (including El Alto). Participants at the First National Meeting of Artisans of the Heritage…
Cash Seized During Roadblock Operations | Incautan Dinero en Operativos de Desbloqueo
By Soledad Prado, El Deber: ROADBLOCK-CLEARING OPERATIONS Two People Arrested with Large Amounts of Unexplained Cash on the Cochabamba–Oruro Highway In addition to the money, one of the detainees was carrying a foreign passport, according to preliminary reports from the authorities. During roadblock-clearing operations carried out on the Cochabamba–Oruro highway, two individuals were arrested while…
Banana Crisis Deepens | Se agrava la crisis bananera
By Eju.tv: Banana Grower Reports Bs 500 Daily Fine for Not Attending Blockades and Reports Million-Dollar Losses in Chapare Road restrictions have already forced the disposal of more than 100,000 banana bunches, equivalent to about 80 truckloads, due to the inability to ship them to their main export market, Argentina. While the social conflict and…
Lauca Ñ Fuels Blockades | Lauca Ñ alimenta los bloqueos
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Social Conflict While Argollo tries to distance himself from Morales and the road blockades, logistical and financial support continues to arrive from Lauca Ñ Despite efforts by the top leader of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB), Mario Argollo, to portray the road blockades as being sustained solely by the resources…
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