An striking editorial from El Deber, picture at the bottom is what any google search shows when we look for cocaine in Bolivia: The fight against drug trafficking An ambush of Umopar policemen in Chapare, carried out by cocaleros of a union in alliance with drug traffickers, has been one of the most disturbing news…
Category: Environment
Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?
Mongabay has released a wonderful story about our biodiversity and wildlife peril … please use this link to read in full and admire those wonderful photos! https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/can-jaguar-tourism-save-bolivias-fast-dwindling-forests/ Few countries in the tropics have seen trees chopped down as quickly as Bolivia did between 2001 and 2017. Within Bolivia, nearly two-thirds of that loss occurred in…
ABC closes and restricts vehicular circulation in four sections in La Paz, Beni and Pando
Los Tiempos reports: The Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC) reported today [03/08/2019] that two sections were closed and vehicular traffic was restricted in two others, from the roads of the departments of La Paz, Beni and Pando due to the heavy rains. “In the department of Beni, it is not passable the section Rurrenabaque-Riberalta, sector Santa…
The controversial referendum to revive Bolivia’s Rositas dam
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: China’s loans/investments/contracts in Bolivia are tainted with the obscure relationship the Chinese had with evo, the autocrat. Beginning with the Zapata affaire, the numerous cases of Bolivian personnel being mistreated by Chinese supervisors, the atrocious effect on our biodiversity and wildlife, like the illegal hunting of Bolivian Jaguars for their fangs, the…
Endangered armadillos are being turned into carnival rattles
Rachel Fobar reports for National Geographic: Researchers worry that Andean hairy armadillos, poached in Bolivia and largely ignored by conservationists, may be headed toward extinction. Trudging along to a slow, mournful song, more than a thousand dancers in elaborate costumes fill the streets for the Bolivian Carnival of Oruro. As the procession advances, the dancers…
La Paz, Bolivia’s Emerging Wine Destination
Lauren Mowery reports for Winemag.com: From unique restaurants and Bolivian wine to the riveting Andes, La Paz has everything you need for a trip of a lifetime. A Bolivian winemaker describes La Paz as “chaos, color and kitsch.” Indeed, the city bursts with dozens of ethnic groups that intersect over food, culture and dress. It’s the world’s…
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