By Ariel Melgar, El Deber: Sernap Enters the Heart of Carrasco Park and Halts Land Seizures Sernap carried out an operation in Carrasco Park | Photo: Courtesy The executive director of Sernap, Cecilia Miranda, described the intervention as an unprecedented event in at least 20 years An interinstitutional operation led by the National Service of…
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Gigantic debt left to the country by MAS rule | Deuda gigantesca dejó el masismo al país
Editorial, El Diario: It is astonishing that, after twenty years of MAS governments, headed by Evo Morales and Luis Arce Catacora, the country ended up with a debt of a little more than 14 billion dollars in external debt as of December 31, 2025, that is, an increase of 786 million compared to the 2024…
Illegal Mining Poisons La Paz’s Mountains | La minería ilegal envenena las montañas paceñas
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Six mountains in the department of La Paz are contaminated by illegal mining, according to an environmental consultant Environmental engineering consultant Gonzalo Lora recalled that Bolivia billed approximately $3 billion from gold exports. Of that total, 95% went to the mining cooperatives that exploit gold, a situation that shows that…
Madre de Dios: River Under Siege | Río bajo asedio
By Vision 360: Interactive map: this is what the devastation caused by alluvial mining on the Madre de Dios River looks like Alluvial mining in Madre de Dios not only affects the environment, but also violates fundamental rights of the Indigenous nations that inhabit this part of the country, rich in biodiversity. Cover of the…
Dollars to Stabilize Bolivia | Dólares para estabilizar Bolivia
By Erbol: THREE MONTHS INTO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION Economist: the Government needs freely available dollars and the easiest path is the IMF Hagamos Democracia panel this Sunday Economist Gonzalo Chávez assessed the first three months of the Government’s economic management and warned that one of the main pending challenges is obtaining freely available dollars, a…
Audits and removal of officials linked to the MAS | Auditorias y remoción de funcionarios ligados al MAS
By El Diario: To stop “internal sabotage” Audits and removal of officials linked to the MAS are demanded Joining the views that point to alleged “internal sabotage” within state entities in charge of the hydrocarbons sector, the national assemblyman for La Paz, Alejandro Reyes, called on authorities in the area to carry out an internal…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 