Ben Walker reports for Inside Climate News: Climate Change Is Making This Bolivian Village a Ghost Town Two years of drought and rising temperatures dried up the river and quinoa fields, pushing a wave of migration to cities as people searched for work. SANTIAGO K, Bolivia — Someone’s nearly always lived in Santiago K. Cupped…
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Anarchy, chaos as a result of an incompetent, non-democratic government!
This cartoon is from El Diario, 08:29/2017: It portrays current excuse of a president and his “priorities” … During these eleven years he reacted the same way, fleeing away from solving issues with the population. In this case there is the issue of destroying a national park, the TIPNIS; and corruption of a mayor of…
About evo’s double-standard and loyalty … WTF?!
This is from El Diario, August 28, 2017: This cartoon reflects the double-standard of evo who showed himself to the world as Mother Earth’s defender and champion of indigenous people … From day one when he became president of Bolivia, he acknowledged he was continue to remain as the coca grower’s supreme leader. This cartoon…
Bolivia exports chestnuts to Europe through an alternative route
Fresh Plaza reports: Bolivia exports chestnuts to Europe through an alternative route Bolivia began exporting chestnut to European markets via an alternative route through Brazil, so as to reduce the time it takes to transport the product there, the Northern Exporters’ Chamber (Cadexnor) told Prensa Latina. According to the president of Cadexnor, Agustin Vargas, the…
Blooming narcotrafficking under 11 years of government of the coca grower caudillo …
Pagina Siete reports: 29 kg of pure cocaine found in Cobija The Special Force Against Drug Trafficking (FELCN) seized 29.5 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride under the Virtudes operation, which was carried out in the border town of Cobija, in Pando, said national director Santiago Delgadillo. “FELCN, through the personnel of the Group of Intelligence of…
Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road?
Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road? Six years after massive protests halted plans for a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, Bolivian President Evo Morales has promulgated a new law “de-protecting” the reserve and allowing construction of the road. On August 13, President Evo Morales promulgated a new…
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