Editorial, El Deber: Several million inhabitants are literally suffocated by the smoke that invades the country. The fire spreads in five departments and Bolivia occupies second place with the highest number of heat sources, just as it is on the podium for poor quality air to breathe. It is the worst moment in history in…
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Blazes and drought | Incendios y sequía
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In the last four years, forest fires devastated more than 18.6 million hectares. The good news is that so far in 2023 the fire has destroyed a smaller area than those devastated in the last four years (one million hectares versus 5.7 million in 2019). The bad news is that forest fires…
Wild animals, the most painful victims of fires and trafficking | Animales silvestres, las víctimas más dolorosas de los incendios y del tráfico
El Deber: Until September, the Care and Referral Center (CAT) of the Santa Cruz Governorate hosted almost a hundred and a half birds, monkeys, foxes, etc. In the Senda Verde Custody Center alone there are already a thousand specimens of various species The onslaught of the fire, which destroys the vegetation, also hurts the fauna….
20 years after the Gas War | 20 años después de la Guerra del Gas
Editorial, El Deber: Today marks 20 years since the so-called Gas War, which began as such, but which began a new period for Bolivia. ‘Black October’ ended with 67 people dead, the overthrow of a president, more than 400 people injured and a new political agenda for Bolivia. Is the country better now than then?…
It took the MAS 15 years to pulverize the nation | Al MAS le tomó 15 años pulverizar la nación
Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: Divided and fragmented The conflict that has brought the MAS to the point of its defining division seems to express a historical situation characterized by the progressive structural radicalization of all factors. Fifteen years in which all power strategies involved dividing, fractioning, confronting or destroying have begun to bear fruit; Curiously,…
Has Bolivia become a “narco-state”? | ¿Se ha convertido Bolivia en un “narcoestado”?
Rosa Muñoz, Deutsche Welle: The political dispute between the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and former president Evo Morales reveals more and more public complaints about drug trafficking networks and corruption. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” The fight between former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) and his former heir apparent and current president of Bolivia, Luis…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 