El Diario reports: Underwater archaeologists dig in Lake Titicaca A scientific mission of underwater archaeologists of the Lake Project began excavation in the depths of Titicaca to identify certain settlements with cultural features of pre-Hispanic civilizations that were detected with a sonar underwater. Excavations are carried out in the Puerto Perez sector of the smaller…
Category: Environment
Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission?
Michael Snyder writes for Scientific American: Can We Really Eat Invasive Species into Submission? The tale of a giant Amazon fish reveals the promise and peril of “invasivorism” The paiche, which can weigh up to 400 pounds, is eating its way through freshwater fish populations in Bolivia. Now people are eating the paiche in an…
Bolivia with $52.5 million dollars trade deficit in 10 years of potato production
ANF reports via El Deber: Bolivia with $52.5 million dollars trade deficit in 10 years of potato production During 2016, 91% of the imported volume of potatoes and their derivatives came from Peru. The purchases were mostly fresh potatoes. Including potatoes for sowing, fresh, fried, dehydrated, starch and potato flour, between 2010 and 2016, the…
Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply, thanks to ruling ineptitude!
Caitlin Dickson reports fro Yahoo News: Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply At the heart of South America, the long-struggling nation of Bolivia sits atop an unlikely gold mine: the world’s largest lithium reserves. It’s been nearly a decade since the Bolivian government first set out to capitalize on this…
Like Somalia and Colombia … this “government” is loosing ground to narcotrafficking!
El Diario reports: Brazil drug cartels operate in the country • At least 100 emissaries of the Brazilian Primer Comando da Capital (PCC) [Pimer Comando de Capital] cartel were detected operating in Bolivia, police commander Abel de la Barra reported. • Brazilian and Bolivian authorities will gather in the neighboring country to coordinate operations, such…
Brown and barren land: Bolivia’s historic drought – in pictures
The Guardian reports: Brown and barren land: Bolivia’s historic drought – in pictures During Bolivia’s worst drought in 25 years, photographer Marcelo Perez visited the reservoirs that supply drinking water to its biggest cities, to find a stark and arid landscape La sequía histórica de Bolivia – en imágenes All photographs by Marcelo Perez del Carpio…
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