By Los Tiempos: A monkey rescued from wildlife trafficking in Cochabamba. | Cochabamba Governorship Wildlife traffickers use social media to sell species protected by current legal regulations, according to Boris Arévalo, head of the Biodiversity Management Program of the Governorship. “There is illegal wildlife trade through social media, such as Facebook and WhatsApp, and operations…
Category: Crime and Violence
Bankrupt Country | País quebrado
By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brújula Digital: They began with rhetoric about transparency and the advent of the “new man.” However, within months—amid an assassination—Santos Ramírez, MAS’s second-in-command, fell due to corruption. Soon after, the murders of police officers in Chapare were covered up, with Evo’s girlfriend, Margarita Terán, as one of the instigators. From the…
Madidi: Denouncement that interest in land and gold encourages usurpers to harass indigenous people | Denuncian que el interés por la tierra y el oro promueven que avasalladores acosen a indígenas
By Erbol: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Bolivian Commission for the Defense of Protected Areas (COPDEAPBO) denounced that the long-standing interest in acquiring large tracts of land and the recent incursion of illegal gold mining in the Madidi National Park and Integrated Natural Management Area have led to the formation of groups of usurpers who seize land…
No more stupidity | No más estupideces
Editorial, El Dia: It’s hard to believe that someone as useless and incompetent as Luis Arce has such a big ego. Not even the most distinguished psychologists could explain how an individual is capable of leading the country into the worst disaster in its history just because he refuses to admit he is wrong, to…
Exodus of Bolivian Journalists to the U.S., a Loss for All | Éxodo de periodistas bolivianos a EEUU, una pérdida para todos
By El Diario: Affirms congresswoman María José Salazar The asylum requests of Bolivian journalists in the United States are a concerning reflection of the crisis facing press freedom in the country, stated María José Salazar, deputy from Comunidad Ciudadana (CC). Information gathered by legal experts and immigration specialists reveals an alarming trend: journalists, particularly from…
Bolivian Narcoeconomy | Narcoeconomía boliviana
By Gonzalo Colque, Vision 360: Far from operating in secrecy, drug trafficking moves in broad daylight, injecting millions into the national economy. Drug trafficking is often taught in university classrooms as an “underground economy” that operates in the shadows, but this view is misleading. In daily life, it is visible to everyone: businesses with few…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 