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…
Category: Environment
Bolivia flunks big time! Fires: 3,366 hot spots were detected
Valeria Endara reports for El Dia: Only in this month Report. Only between Saturday and Sunday were detected 676 red dots. The municipality of San José is the most affected. Due to the fires that are registered in the department, a slight smoke reached the capital of Santa Cruz. According to the Report of the…
Lava Jato in Bolivia: Boon or Bane for Evo Morales?
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Will an inquiry into Bolivia’s potential ties to the massive Lava Jato bribery scandal help Evo Morales, or derail his bid for a fourth presidential term? Next month, Bolivian lawmakers will issue a much-anticipated report on the country’s ties to the massive Lava Jato (Operation Carwash) bribery scandal. When President Evo Morales…
Watch: Fancy-dress paragliders in Irupana, La Paz, Bolivia
Euro News reports, to watch the video use the link at the bottom: Paragliders in fancy-dress took to the skies over the Andes mountain range in Bolivia. Held in Irupana, a town in the Los Yungas province of Bolivia, the competition saw over 50 paragliders taking part from Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The…
11 curious facts that you did not know about Bolivia
Bolivia .com reports: Surely many of these data are unknown to you and today are presented. With a population of about 10.5 million inhabitants and its large area, Bolivia is one of the countries in Latin America with the lowest population density. But before telling you all the details, Bolivia.com decided to show 11 curiosities…
Drought, pests affect Bolivia’s main food-producing region
EFE reports for Al Dia: Of Santa Cruz’s two food-producing regions in the north and east, the latter has been hit by the worst drought in recent years. Drought and pests have wreaked havoc on crops in the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz, producer of as much as 70 percent of the country’s food….
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