Traffic destroys wildlife in Bolivia

El Diario reports: Animals abandoned to their fate • Chinese citizens promote the killing of species in the country, offering money to local people in exchange for jaguar tusks and other parts • Senator Yerko Núñez said that out of more than 100 complaints only two are sentenced and regretted for the little control exercised…

Bolivia: Banana shipments to Argentina drop from 40 trucks a week to 4

Fresh Plaza reports, photos from the inetrnet: Producers of plantain, palmito, and pineapple from the Tropic of Cochabamba are worried due to the closing of markets and the fall in their production. The general coordinator of the Agricultural Chamber of Cochabamba (CAC), Rolando Morales, said that the closure of markets in Argentina had affected palm…

Evo Morales, indigenous icon, loses support among Bolivia’s native people

Caroline Stauffer reports for Reuters: DWINDLING SUPPORT: President Evo Morales once enjoyed the backing of most of Bolivia’s native peoples. But after 12 years in office, and judicial plays to end term limits, many indigenous Bolivians are now wary of Morales. REUTERS/David Mercado CHARAGUA, Bolivia—In 12 years as president of South America’s poorest country, Evo…