By Luis Mamani, Opinión: The climate crisis is deeply affecting rural communities in Cochabamba’s Andean region, where people face tough choices between ancestral farming practices and unfamiliar alternatives. In recent years, locals say the land has grown arid and the streams have dried up. Each year, they feel the rains become scarcer, while droughts and…
Category: Cochabamba
Guardians of the Kewiña: the sacred forest that blooms far away and in silence | Guardianas de la Kewiña: el bosque sagrado que florece lejos y en silencio
By Leonardo Putaré, El Deber: Kewiña crops in the highlands of Chiaraje, in the department of Cochabamba At the highest point of the Tunari, the women of Chiaraje are restoring the kewiña forest—and with it, their community. Amid cold, faith, and neglect, they plant trees, autonomy, and a future. This is the story of a…
Land Grabbing Threatens Lives, the Economy, and Food Production | Avasallamientos amenazan la vida, economía y producción alimentaria
By El Diario: The Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) denounced that land grabbing continues to escalate in violence and poses a direct threat to life, the economy, and the country’s food production. “We hope the law is enforced, that they arrest whoever needs to be arrested so this doesn’t continue. Because if the land seizures go…
Exclusion zone, without elections, without the State, without law | Zona de exclusión, sin elecciones, sin Estado, sin ley
By El Dia: Evo Morales’ Grand Prize Evo Morales no longer needs to be a candidate. If he manages to consolidate Chapare as an exclusion zone—without elections, without the State, without law—he will have gained much more: he will become the lifelong emperor of a territory where the Constitution does not apply, the police do…
Food prices in markets of the country’s central region ahead of the holiday | Precios de alimentos en mercados del eje central del país en puertas del feriado
By Unitel, El Día: These are the prices of tomatoes, chicken, and vegetables in markets of the country’s central region ahead of the holiday During the days of blockades, various markets experienced product shortages, which caused a rise in prices. Illustrative image. Photo: Archive The prices of various products from the basic food basket in…
Bolivia: El segundo país más barato para vivir como expatriado | The second cheapest country to live as an expat
Por ESTHER MARSHALL, Mail Online: El país más barato para vivir como expatriado ha sido revelado: departamentos de tres habitaciones cuestan menos de £600 al mes Un nuevo estudio ha revelado cuál es el país más asequible para vivir como expatriado, y sus precios podrían tentarte a mudarte. La investigación analizó el costo de la…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 