Pagina Siete reports today about dengue, please take precautions: [The graph shows in orange and red the frequency of cases reported.] Residents of 20 municipalities close to the road that links La Paz with Cochabamba and Santa Cruz are the most affected by dengue. They consider that the vector is incubated in the river and tributaries…
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Dengue kills 53 people in Bolivia during 2011
Pat at 19:56 tonight reported that Cedes Santa Cruz will probably call an orange alert as dengue is increasing dangerously. El Deber reported today about 53 people dying to dengue this year: “Santa Cruz have had around 32 dead and 16 Beni”, reported the Minister of Health, Nila Heredia, after a coordination meeting with sector…
Near Aiquile another earthquake, December 19, 2011
El Deber reported a Los Tiempos article: An earthquake of 3.7 magnitude on the Richter scale struck again, yesterday (12/19/11), near the population of Aiquile, distant 137 kilometers from Cochabamba, causing fear among villagers. A month ago, another earthquake of 3.6 degrees affected this municipality, according to the San Calixto Observatory (La Paz). The tremor…
What happened with TIPNIS?
This cartoon is from La Prensa, December 13, 2011. It portrays what happened with TiPNIS as of today: road was stopped and indigenous group was stripped out of their economic activities. Coca growers and other groups interested in the use of TIPNIS’ resources became more visible: illegal settlers (coca growers) and illegal activities (narcotraffick) were…
Briefs: inflation; TIPNIS a sof December 6, 2011
From El Deber and Los Tiempos, respectively: Inflation The price of the onion, household beer consumption, housing rent and lunch, according to the Statistics National Institute of (INE), were the more inflationary. In November the consumer price index (CPI and IPC in Spanish) closed with 0.32%, but in October, was 0.47%. Since the beginning of the…
Aerocon’s survivor, Minor Vidal is the personality of the year
El Deber’s end of the year awards has chosen well, Minor Vidal is awarded, an article written by Roberto Navia, follows: Minor, strengthened by an award Minor Vidal, the sole survivor of Aerocon’s plane, returned to fly. In his Office in Trinidad received the news that he is the personality of the year, he thanks…
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