by Eduardo Franco Berton Shortly after Bolivia’s Bajo Paraguá Municipal Protected Area was established in February 2021, authorities began receiving reports of invasions and deforestation in and around the new protected area. Local sources say land traffickers are illegally buying up plots of protected land to resell, often repeatedly, to third parties. Mongabay spoke with one…
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Excessive greed – MAS – Angurria desmedida
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Propaganda and poverty Christmas, whose spirit is still breathed in the atmosphere, is, among other things, a date that highlights the great deficiencies of millions of human beings. Bolivia, of course, is no exception: on the contrary, poverty levels have not been overcome, although government propaganda indicates otherwise. These days, when the…
Cleaning Time – Bolivia – Tiempo de limpieza
Editorial, El Deber: Corruption and impunity Corruption and impunity are two words that describe this dirty moment in politics. The plot of ghost items exploded in the municipality of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, but it quickly splashed other State institutions that work with public money, the one that Bolivians trust their authorities and that…
Endless tensions – Tensiones sin fin
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In recent months we have experienced an environment marked by political tensions and social mobilizations. Tensions that occurred for various reasons and that the proximity of the end-of-year festivities seemed to mitigate, until the scandal of ghost items broke out in the Santa Cruz Mayor’s Office, quickly used for partisan purposes. It…
Persecución política – MAS – Political persecution
Editorial, Pagina Siete: Pumari, a political prisoner Marco Antonio Pumari, the former president of the Potosí Civic Committee (Comcipo) who in 2019 was one of the main actors in the mobilizations that led to the resignation of the presidency of Evo Morales, must remain in prison until June 2022, accused of obstructing a electoral process…
Origen de conflictos – MAS – Origin of conflicts
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Uncertain times Civic leaders of Potosí hidden from judicial persecution, a march in their defense and a national council in preparation for January 15, configure, for the next few weeks, a conflictive perspective fueled by some government authorities and MAS leaders, a few days after the end of the year parties. Since…
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