Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Vagaries of the gas To take 10 years for the tribute to heroes is a lot. A chronicle of it can be called: “you change lives!” or “we, from then, are no longer the same”, as a poet said. Who offers the tribute as it is not the same….
Category: Environment
National Geographic Traveller’s first choice is… of course! One of OUR own!!
Undeniably, Bolivia has the best scenery to offer worldwide tourists, this time the first choice is Uyuni salt plains, Potosi – Bolivia!! So… go there and enjoy! http://natgeotraveller.co.uk/where/south_america/234863/ And… there is more from the National Geographic Traveller!! On the terrace of his smallholding in Colonia Copacabana, in the heart of coffee country, Celso Mayta shows…
Bolivian ochlocratic central government through the humor lens!
Here a few cartoons from Bolivian newspapers that portray our daily ordeal under this ochlocracy: From La Razon, June 26, 2013: Portrays how current central government relentlessly and in complete disrespect of mother nature and indigenous communities, which they say were to respect, still persists on cutting the TIPNIS in half, right through the middle…
Bolivian certified forests decreased by 50%!!!
is the league for the defense of the environment, the best NGOs around Bolivia and I had the privilege of have worked/interacted with them back in the 90s. Today, I want to highlight a very serious issue raised by LIDEMA for our environment: Bolivian certified forests decreased by 50% Bolivia left the leadership in the…
“environmental” demagogue or plain lack of understanding?
Gary Rodriguez writes in El Deber: Monoculture or ‘mono-speech’? Some people dare to make negative judgments against the agricultural sector and are given the luxury of say – with an angelic halo – about things that never were and who do not understand. Not risking their fortune, not sweating a single drop, not planting anything,…
Glaciation in Bolivia
Bernardo Ellefsen writes in Los Tiempos: Glaciation in Bolivia In a previous article I stated briefly how glacial eras will behave and promised that I would give local examples. Glacial eras would be produced by the increase in precipitation, and areas in snow by the formation of layers of snow compacted into ice that would…
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