ABC, Reuters: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas in Bolivia Key points: Wildfires left around 14 hectares of terrain burnt across three different protected areas this week Annual forest fires in Bolivia have intensified in recent years Bolivia’s forests are home to jaguars, pumas, anteaters, night monkeys and countless other species Bolivian firefighters have rescued an anteater…
Category: Environment
Pilcomayo in peril | Pilcomayo en peligro
Editorial, Página Siete: Stop killing the Pilcomayo It is not new that the waste from Potosi mining, especially that practiced by cooperative members without any control or ecological awareness, is contaminating the Pilcomayo River, a source of life and food that runs through no more and no less than three countries: Bolivia , Argentina and…
Wildlife returns to ‘death road’ | Vida silvestre regresa al ‘camino de la muerte’
Reuters, abc.net: Bolivia’s wildlife returns to Amazon ‘death road’ Wildlife along Bolivia’s infamous “death road” has rebounded in the 15 years since it was effectively closed to heavy traffic. Key points: The road was once a main route through the Andes It claimed the lives of hundreds of Bolivians between 1999 and 2003 Now wildlife is bouncing…
The country and protected subjugations | El país y los avasallamientos protegidos
Editorial, El Diario: A gunshot wound and 8 peasants kidnapped in the surroundings of La Pailas, in Santa Cruz, is the result of the subjugation of last July 27. Criminal act at the head of the famous oppressors Paulino Camacho and Sixto Canasa, the same ones who, arrested for the Las Londras attacks in October…
Government fails to comply with park rangers | Gobierno incumple con guardaparques
El Diario: Noel Kempff Park Park rangers are withdrawn They point out that the withdrawal measure was taken in the face of an extreme situation in which they can no longer pay for their transportation in addition to other expenses and obligations. The deputy for the Citizen Community (CC), María José Salazar, denounced that park…
CONDORS RETURNED TO THEIR HABITAT | CÓNDORES VUELVEN A SU HÁBITAT
Correo del Sur: BOTH CONDORS WERE RETURNED TO THEIR NATURAL HABITAT ALMOST 10 DAYS AFTER BEING FOUND Barbara and Santiago, free! They were waved goodbye amid applause by authorities, volunteers and community members The expected moment arrived. Yesterday, Sunday, at the top of the highest hill in the community of Cororo, municipality of Tarabuco, the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 