A. D. Hans Soria reports for Los Tiempos: They doubt of viability of fertilizer plants The location and the lack of a marketing plan could subtract viability to the plants of fertilizers (urea and ammonia) that will be built in Carrasco, said the analysts Bernardo Prado and Alvaro Rios, who question that the Government has…
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UN worried on conflicts being generated due to the TIPNIS consultation process
Los Tiempos reports on the TIPNIS struggle with a relentless government decision to cut in half the indigenous territory and our National Park: United Nations concerned that the query is generating conflicts Coordinator resident of the United Nations system in Bolivia, Yoriko Yasukawa, expressed yesterday the concern about the course of the consultation in the…
Bolivian pride: Jennifer Salinas, boxing!
El Deber gave us the opportunity to smile and be proud, it is not everyday we can lift our spirits. Jennifer Salinas belongs to The Hall of Bolivian Fame! CHECK the UPDATE: November 23, 2013: http://wp.me/p1uQVB-1VC she made it!! Roly Callaú Cruz reports: Bolivian Pride The Bolivian Queen Jennifer Salinas returned to the ring by inserting…
Wheat production drops 44% and will only cover a third of the demand
Ivan Condori reports for La Razon: Wheat drops 44% and will only cover a third of the demand The national production of wheat this year will barely cover the third part of the demand. Anapo reported yesterday that this season, and for the second consecutive year, the cultivation of wheat in Bolivia fell 44% compared…
Ongoing TIPNIS struggle and a recollection of events through cartoons from Bolivian press
This is from El Diario, July 6, 2012: Current president saying “…we must take care, respect and protect mother earth…” And a road construction crew and machinery entering the TIPNIS, destroying the forest… . This is from El Diario, July 10, 2012: With very low temperatures in winter time La Paz city, the TIPNIS marchers…
About the TIPNIS, OUR forest and the Cauca lessons
This cartoon from La Razon, July 16, 2012, portrays the way current government, allegedly and self-proclaimed defender of mother nature, only gives attention to the coca grower’s business… while the actual owners of their territory and protectors of one of OUR national parks are facing the road construction that will part the TIPNIS in half……
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