Eduardo Franco reports through Mongabay: EXCLUSIVE: RAINFOREST RAPIDLY CLEARED FOR SUGARCANE IN BOLIVIA Around 1,300 hectares were deforested for sugarcane between 2011 and 2014 in northern Bolivia, with 600 more hectares cleared between July and September 2016. Mongabay Latam reporters flew over the area to investigate the extent of the issue. This story originally appeared…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
evo’s legacy … as he continues to destroy Bolivia!
This cartoon [10/05/2016] is from El Diario: Bolivia led by the current president, is dangerously approaching the cliff, anarchy rules and everyone pushes to their own preferred way … The coca grower’s caudillo legacy can be summarized in the above cartoon … He managed to make Bolivians fight among each other. He sowed discord among…
With Its Unbanked Majority, Bolivia Can Gain Much From Adopting Bitcoin
Adam Dubove writes for The Cointelegraph: With Its Unbanked Majority, Bolivia Can Gain Much From Adopting Bitcoin A country with a high-rate of the unbanked, a large informal economy and a tumultuous history of inflation sounds like a perfect scenario for Bitcoin and cyrpyocurrencies to thrive. However, a quick glimpse on Bitcoin-related groups on social…
Recent poll in Bolivia reflects governmental corruption
This cartoon from Pagina Siete reflects the results of a recent poll regarding the main negative “side” of the coca grower caudillo’s government: Lets not forget the $150 billion dollars wasted to please his egocentric infatuation!
What comes around, goes around.
The megalomaniac way of government of the coca grower caudillo can be summarized with this phrase: What comes around, goes around. This cartoon exemplifies clearly the way the masismo is killing our institutionality and democracy! Cheap demagogue coming to an end!
Can Radar Shut Down the Bolivia Cocaine Air Bridge?
InSight Crime reports: Can Radar Shut Down the Bolivia Cocaine Air Bridge? Written by Luis Fernando Alonso The government in Bolivia has finalized a contract for an advanced nationwide radar system, but doubts remain as to whether this alone will be enough to halt the flow of cocaine that passes through the Andean nation. The…
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