Reuters, US News: A burning barricade set by demonstrators is pictured during a protest as part of a general strike demanding that authorities hold a census next year before elections in 2025, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrea Martinez NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES REUTERS | Una barricada en llamas levantada por los manifestantes…
Category: Crime and Violence
Madidi mining invasion! – ¡Invasión minera al Madidi!
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: A dredge boat at work outside of Madidi National Park. Photo by Maxwell Radwin Un barco de dragado en el trabajo fuera del Parque Nacional Madidi. Foto de Maxwell Radwin Shady contracts, backdoor deals spur illegal gold mining in Bolivian Amazon LA PAZ — Gold is Bolivia’s second-biggest export, valued at more than $1…
Masista contempt for our environment – El desprecio masista para nuestro medioambiente
Editorial, Página Siete: Un-protected areas The government of Luis Arce has recently signed a controversial agreement with the Regional Federation of Gold Mining Cooperatives of the North of La Paz (Fecoman), in which both agree to continue the procedures for the exploitation of gold in the protected areas of Madidi, Cotapata and Apolobamba. The agreement…
The siege around Santa Cruz puts food security at risk | Cerco a Santa Cruz pone en riesgo seguridad alimentaria
El Diario: Losses caused by the siege and the strike in Santa Cruz reach $150 million. | Pérdidas ocasionadas por el cerco y el paro en Santa Cruz llegan a $us 150 millones. The poultry sector is declared in emergency due to the state of unsustainability of the productive activity as a result of the…
It is time for all Bolivians to defend democracy. | Es hora de que todos los bolivianos defendamos la democracia.
Carlos Toranzo, Página Siete: Authoritarian or dictatorial? Are the MAS leaders and militancies authoritarian or dictatorial? This is asked by many when trying to define the MAS and its governments. Some say that we live in a dictatorship; others express that we are facing an authoritarian government, but that we have not yet reached a…
Police forces repress residents of La Guardia | Fuerzas policiales reprimen a pobladores de La Guardia
El Diario: In the municipality of La Guardia there were moments of tension due to the gassing of the Police, in the confrontation between residents of that town who tried to intervene a blockade installed by social organizations that ask that the strike for the census be lifted. Hard day of violence in Santa Cruz…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 