El Deber reports: Civic leaders from eight regions, except Pando, met and ratified the civic strike for December 6 in defense of the referendum vote of February 21, 2016 Fernando Cuéllar, president of the Civic Committee for Santa Cruz, said on Thursday that the citizens of eight regions, except Pando, have ratified the civic strike…
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Michael Snyder and Felipe Luna write for Pulitzer Center: Fishermen use machetes to hack away the giant scales of the invasive paiche before skinning them and casting the refuse into the river. Growing up to three meters and 250 kilograms, the paiche (Arapaima gigas) is the largest scaled fish in the Amazon and one of…
Low production affects separation plants … to put it simply: evo failed!
El Diario reports: Gas markets shrink, experts say PLANT IN GRAN CHACO WORKS BELOW ITS INSTALLED CAPACITY. The liquid separation plants of Yacuiba, Gran Chaco (Tarija) and Rio Grande (Santa Cruz) show lower production of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), due to the low demand of energy by Brazil and Argentina, which In addition, the lower…
A journey into the Amazon Jaguar black market
From The Brazilian Report, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: By Eduardo Franco Berton: At first glance, Li Ming and his wife Yin Lan look like two ordinary Chinese citizens. Sat on a bench, they greet the relatives who have come to visit them with warm, kind smiles. It’s lunchtime. One of the visitors approaches…
Bolivian cuisine 101: The “llajwa”, an idyll with the Bolivian palate
Jessica Vargas reports for Los Tiempos, photos by Gerardo Bravo: 48 years ago, when Juana Fuentes opened her food stall in the 27 de Mayo market, the first thing she installed was her batán to make llajwa. Before preparing his menu – which includes mixed spicy, lawas, sillpancho, among others – she prepares to create…
Bolivia: Banana shipments to Argentina drop from 40 trucks a week to 4
Fresh Plaza reports, photos from the inetrnet: Producers of plantain, palmito, and pineapple from the Tropic of Cochabamba are worried due to the closing of markets and the fall in their production. The general coordinator of the Agricultural Chamber of Cochabamba (CAC), Rolando Morales, said that the closure of markets in Argentina had affected palm…
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