El Dia reports: Chiquitania The first technical archaeologists graduated The Chiquitania already has its first professional archaeologists at the technical level, who were trained in the school, thanks to the Ministry of Education, supported by six municipalities of the Chiquitania and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation of the Embassy of Spain (AECID). The…
Category: Environment
300,000 hectares of deforested forest
Leyla Mendieta reports for El Dia: A total of 4.6 million in other areas 300,000 hectares of deforested forest Data. They warn that the expansion of the agricultural frontier by 2025, would have affected 10 million. Of the 4,641,000 hectares deforested to date, approximately 370,621 will correspond to protected forests, as noted in a report…
Mutun, a constant reminder of current gov’s inefficiency!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The Mutún gasometer The Mutún steel project is not working, it is true, but plays an irreplaceable role: used to know how much natural gas is available to Bolivians after the demand for Argentina and Brazil has been serviced. The “gas war” that was fought earlier this century, has…
Environmental impact as a direct influence against tourism, we MUST do something about this, and FAST!
El Diario reports: Environmental impacts affect tourist flow In recent years, the tourist flow to our country has been diminished due to environmental impacts on destinations that were once characteristic of our country and admired worldwide. Environmental pollution and persistent depletion of natural resources constitute the central problem that should concern society as a whole….
For Miners, Increasing Risk on a Mountain at the Heart of Bolivia’s Identity
An interesting article from The New York Times: For Miners, Increasing Risk on a Mountain at the Heart of Bolivia’s Identity By WILLIAM NEUMAN – September. 16, 2014 [to watch the video, please use this link] POTOSÍ, Bolivia — The silver in this mountain helped finance the Spanish empire. It created vast fortunes for some…
Bolivia 2014 Crime and Safety Report
Bolivia 2014 Crime and Safety Report Travel Health and Safety; Transportation Security; Surveillance; Stolen items; Theft; Fraud; Kidnapping; Assault; Burglary; Financial Security; Floods; Carjacking; Riots/Civil Unrest; Earthquakes; Drug Trafficking Western Hemisphere > Bolivia; Western Hemisphere > Bolivia > La Paz 8/22/2014 Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime Threats Most major cities in Bolivia have Medium…
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