By Silvia Sanchez, Red Uno: Snowfall and Rising Rivers Alert! Senamhi Warns of Risks in Six Departments Senamhi issued alerts for snowfall in the La Paz mountain range and possible river rises in six departments. Rains will persist through March 2026. Photo archives ABI Attention, Bolivia! The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) warned that…
Category: Environment
Flash floods and river floods | Turbiones y crecidas en los ríos
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: Rising waters of the Piraí and Río Grande rivers put Santa Cruz on alert Authorities detected the formation of turbions, so they remain on alert for possible flooding and flash floods. A turbion in the Piraí River. Photo: Red Uno Authorities in Santa Cruz are on alert due to the…
“I felt like I was dying, but a new tree would appear and I would climb it” | “Sentía que moría, pero aparecía un nuevo árbol y me trepaba”
By Leyla Mendieta, Unitel; Eju.tv: The account of the man who survived after being swept 20 km by the flood surge Miguel was dragged by the flood surge from the Urubó area to the municipality of La Bélgica, where he arrived naked after a day. He is conscious and recounts the anguishing hours in which…
The statist State suffocates Bolivian mining | El Estado estatista ahoga a la minería boliviana
By El Diario: Lawyer Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales states Mining law specialist Heiddi Ruiz Gonzales warned that Bolivian mining is paralyzed by legal uncertainty, Law 535, and heavy bureaucracy, despite the country having more than 9,000 companies and around 1,700 registered cooperatives. In an interview with EL DIARIO, she said that reactivating the sector requires a clear…
Local entrepreneurs bet on ecotourism in Cotapata National Park | Emprendedores locales apuestan por el ecoturismo en el Parque Nacional Cotapata
By Wara Arteaga, Visión 360: Unlike other National Parks, Cotapata covers a small area and concentrates a diversity of ecosystems: cloud forests, inter-Andean ecosystems, Yungas jungles, and rich biological heritage. Birdwatching in Cotapata National Park. / Photo: Marcelo Arze – BIOTA. Because of its climate, its views, and its proximity to the city of La…
Bolivia facing the collapse of the myth of the coca leaf | Bolivia ante el derrumbe del mito de la hoja de coca
By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
