Gerben Daalmans reports for Freshplaza: Flooding leads to delivery delays Precipitation threatens Brazil nut production Bolivia Due to the current floods, the government in Bolivia has proclaimed a state of emergency, partially evacuating the province of Pando. This state of emergency has an impact on the value chain of Brazil nuts, one of Bolivia’s most…
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Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro
Edwin Conde Villarreal reports for El Diario, excerpts follow: Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro • The animal could have measured four to five meters long and with a diet exclusively of leaves and herbs, sometimes of grains, was an herbivore that lived in the Quaternary period. The fossilized skull of a lazy bear…
The curious customs of Copacabana, the original one!
Jenny Adams for the BBC: The curious customs of Copacabana On Lake Titicaca’s southern edge, Copacabana, Bolivia, is famed for an ancient relic, miracles and a religious rite that includes showering new cars in cold beer. My first thoughts were that Copacabana, Bolivia, looks a lot like Italy’s Amalfi Coast. From a distance, across the…
Bolivia Bust Shows Demand for Wildlife in China, a “friendly” country of evo …
This is a horrendous crime by the “ally” of evo … this guy despises the capitalism and empire … however, he has no remorse by engaging with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia and China [and used to be friend with the totalitarian regimes of Libya and Syria] … so this sorry excuse of a…
Oruro Governorate: Lake Poopó grew to more than 1,300 kilometers and it’s time to stop mining access!
The Oruro Governor must now take appropriate measures to ensure sustainable development of this lake. We knew that a source of the draining of this lake was mining activities, whereas they would be illegal or not, they should stop using this water. People complain about their way of living, they use natural resources ot the…
Bolivia’s path to urban resilience
The World Bank is naive when speaking about current government in Bolivia, they forget to mention the large quantity of civilians that were brought from the highlands to Beni and Pando, without any planning and proper logistics. evo offered land for free and made other promises that are still pending and those population are having…
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