Editorial, El Diario: The country is in a moment of great danger, as it is about to lose the fabulous sum of one billion dollars, in a badly conceived, badly built business and due to a series of unforeseen events. The significant sum of money was invested by the State eight years ago. Its name…
Category: Cochabamba
Why do indigenous people flee from the Pachamama – Por qué los indígenas huyen de la Pachamama
Editorial, El Diario: A note registered in the editorial page of EL DIARIO in the edition of Sunday, March 7, made it known that in the highlands and valleys of La Paz and other departments, 500 thousand hectares of top-quality land, which were cultivated by peasants, were abandoned. who have now abandoned them and migrated…
Woman killed as plane crashes into house in Bolivia
La Prensa Latina: Sacaba, Bolivia, Mar 24 (efe-epa).- A woman was killed and her brother injured Wednesday when a Bolivian air force jet crashed into their home in Sacaba, a city of some 150,000 people in the central province of Cochabamba. There were no other casualties, authorities said. Witnesses said they saw two people eject…
Plot – Montaje
Editorial, El Deber: Inconsistencies of an absurd plot Every day that passes more evidence appears that the government campaign to establish the theory of the alleged coup and the arrest of former accused authorities are completely inconsistent and reveal time and again that it is a political strategy with an objective not yet determined. The…
The vibrant life of a city engineer
Our Wellington: For Veronica Byrne, making regular site visits has never been so easy. In other parts of the world, she’s had to drive long distances, trek, or be flown to sites to supervise the development of roads, bridges, flood protection schemes and runways. Veronica is the Wellington City Council engineer overseeing the development of the…
How an Indigenous People in Bolivia’s Amazon Survived COVID-19
Pulitzer Center: When the coronavirus arrived in the spring, Yuqui fisherman Salomon Quispe was frightened. His wife had tuberculosis a few years before and was still in poor health. At 52 years old, Salomon Quispe himself was no longer as young as he once was, and he, too, felt at risk. Quispe also worried that…
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