Francesca Gillett reports for Evening Standard: British pensioner Rod Keates burnt alive in Bolivia after falling into boiling mud near geyser A British pensioner has died on holiday in Bolivia after he fell into boiling hot liquid mud and was burnt alive. The 71-year-old retired magistrate was photographing geysers in the south American country when…
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Massive Lake Discovered Under Volcano in Bolivia
Prensa Latina reports; Massive Lake Discovered Under Volcano in Bolivia London,Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered a huge magmatic lake, 15 kilometres below a dormant volcano in Bolivia, South America. The body of water, which is dissolved into partially molten rock at a temperature of almost 1,000 degrees Celsius,…
Mountain biker conquered the Bolivian “Road of Death”
Stu Hunt writes for Nelson mail: From Bolivia to Nelson: Kiwi mountainbiker who conquered the “Road of Death” returns home When Alistair Matthew first moved to Bolivia he knew four words of Spanish he’d gleaned from kids cartoon Speedy Gonzales. But by the time the pioneering mountainbiker moved back to New Zealand last year after…
Damn the Chinese and damn evo!
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Fears for isolated Bolivian tribe met by Chinese oil firm in Amazon Company operating near the border with Peru has reportedly had near encounters with indigenous people living in “isolation” Teams from a Chinese oil and gas company exploring in the remote Bolivian Amazon have reportedly had near encounters…
Bolivia’s Mining Industry Puts President Morales Between a Rock and a Hard Place
PanAm Post reports: Bolivia’s Mining Industry Puts President Morales Between a Rock and a Hard Place BY: DAVID UNSWORTH On August 25, 2016, the world was shocked by reports that striking miners in Bolivia had brutally tortured and murdered Bolivian Vice Minister of the Interior Rodolfo Illanes. Sent by President Evo Morales to negotiate with…
Bolivian government just does something when it is questioned … WTH?!
El Diario reports: Comibol will verify gold mining by Chinese companies A group of inspectors will travel to the Illimani in order to determine whether there are Chinese citizens dedicated to the exploitation of gold and other minerals, clandestinely. The president of the Mining Corporation of Bolivia (Comibol), Marcelino Quispe, said that in recent days…
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