El Diario: Due to contamination Faced with the serious impacts and damages caused by mining activity on the population living along the riverbanks and on the commercialization of their product, the fishing sector has called for the suspension of mercury use and the cessation of this activity in the basins of the Beni River. “We…
Category: Crime and Violence
In search of justice, 15 years later | En busca de justicia, 15 años después
Editorial, El Deber: In search of justice, the survivors of the Las Américas hotel murder have initiated legal action against the perpetrators of that crime. Three foreigners were extrajudicially executed and later accused of being terrorists and planning to assassinate former President Evo Morales, which served to build a case against opposition leaders from Santa…
Armed invaders take over the El Encanto | Avasalladores armados toman el predio El Encanto
By Paulo Alejandro Lizárraga Alvarado, Vision 360: There were clashes Santa Cruz: Armed invaders take over the El Encanto property, and Del Castillo warns of a strong hand This would be the fourth time that community members have tried to take over these lands as their own. Owners fear for crops and livestock. Police did…
Growing concern for environmental defenders | Crece preocupación por defensores ambientales
El Diario: The People’s Defender backed the UN Special Rapporteur A judge in Oruro rejected the action brought by indigenous people from Totoral Chico. While the People’s Defender joined the concern of the United Nations Rapporteur regarding the persecution of environmental rights defenders in Bolivia, this Thursday, in Oruro, Judge Odal Herrera, acting as a…
The risk of drug trafficking in Bolivia | El riesgo del narcotráfico en Bolivia
Editorial, Correo del Sur: In the country, there is a risk that, despite its magnitude, has not been addressed as it should have been by the last governments, regardless of their color and ideological orientation. Drug trafficking has spread so much in terms of its actions that now it is not only about the production…
Erosion of Truth | Erosión de la Verdad
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Media violence and state ideology A couple of decades ago, sitting down to watch the news was truly an intellectual act; social, cultural, political, and societal realities appeared on television screens, in oral and written press, in an organized, comprehensive, and mostly objective manner, with ethical standards that rarely hurt…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 