By Leyla Mendieta, Unitel; Eju.tv: The account of the man who survived after being swept 20 km by the flood surge Miguel was dragged by the flood surge from the Urubó area to the municipality of La Bélgica, where he arrived naked after a day. He is conscious and recounts the anguishing hours in which…
Category: Environment
The statist State suffocates Bolivian mining | El Estado estatista ahoga a la minería boliviana
By El Diario: Lawyer Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales states Mining law specialist Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales warned that Bolivian mining is paralyzed by legal uncertainty, Law 535, and heavy bureaucracy, despite the country having more than 9,000 companies and around 1,700 registered cooperatives. In an interview with EL DIARIO, she said that reactivating the sector requires a clear…
Local entrepreneurs bet on ecotourism in Cotapata National Park | Emprendedores locales apuestan por el ecoturismo en el Parque Nacional Cotapata
By Wara Arteaga, Visión 360: Unlike other National Parks, Cotapata covers a small area and concentrates a diversity of ecosystems: cloud forests, inter-Andean ecosystems, Yungas jungles, and rich biological heritage. Birdwatching in Cotapata National Park. / Photo: Marcelo Arze – BIOTA. Because of its climate, its views, and its proximity to the city of La…
Bolivia facing the collapse of the myth of the coca leaf | Bolivia ante el derrumbe del mito de la hoja de coca
By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
Tuichi River Gains Rights in Bolivia | Río Tuichi obtiene derechos en Bolivia
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: Tribunal Agroambiental recognizes the Tuichi River as a subject of rights and bans mining in its waters The resolution orders environmental precautionary measures to prevent risks to the river’s biodiversity and protect public health from pollution. Mining activity in the Tuichi River. PHOTO: Sernap The Plenary Chamber of the Agro-Environmental…
18.000 huellas de dinosaurio encontradas en el Parque Nacional Torotoro de Bolivia | 18,000 Dinosaur Tracks Found in Bolivia’s Torotoro National Park
Por ColombiaOne: Se han descubierto más de 18.000 huellas fosilizadas de dinosaurios en el centro de Bolivia, lo que lo convierte en el sitio más extenso de su tipo jamás documentado. El hallazgo, realizado en el Parque Nacional Torotoro en un lugar llamado Carreras Pampa, arroja nueva luz sobre cómo vivían los dinosaurios y cómo…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 