The Science Times report: Bolivian Biologist Works For Peaceful Co-Existence Between Humans And Bears by R. Siva Kumar One Bolivian biologist has an interesting task to promote harmony and co-existence between humans and spectacled or Andean bears, in Bolivia. It was Ximena Velez-Liendo, the Bolivian biologist, who spearheaded the “Conservation through Co-existence: Andean Bears and…
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Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive Director of CEDIB in Cochabamba says they’re being punished for criticising natural resource exploitation and other government policies. One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organisations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear…
Repsol reports oil spill in Chuquisaca
Pagina Siete reports: Repsol reports oil spill in Chuquisaca According to the report of the governor of Chuquisaca, the leak would have affected two or three people living in the area of the accident. The governor of Chuquisaca, Esteban Urquizu, reported yesterday [04/06/2017], that there was an oil spill in the community of Rosario del…
USAID’s Alternative development worked! Argentina was the main Bolivian banana market in 2016
El Deber reports: Argentina was the main Bolivian banana market in 2016 Nine out of ten bananas produced for export were destined for the Argentine territory, according to IBCE data. Argentina was the main market for bananas produced in Bolivia in 2016, concentrating 96.4% of fruit exports, the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE) reported…
Bolivia reacts to John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight zebras memes
Hector Cruz reports for Last Night On: Bolivia reacts to John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight zebras memes La Paz, Bolivia has invited John Oliver to the South American city to dress as a zebra after he highlighted their traffic program on “Last Week Tonight.” John Oliver ended a recent Last Week Tonight episode by encouraging…
ABC attends emergency on roads with landslides
El Dia reports: Chuquisaca ABC attends emergency on roads with landslides The regional manager of the Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC), María Flores, informed yesterday that all the emergencies that originated from the heavy rainfall of the last days were conjured opportunely. “During the night of March 31 and at dawn on April 1, ABC Chuquisaca…
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