For many months I mentioned Bolivia turning into the Afghanistan, Somalia of South America… well, The Wall Street Journal has also considered this unfortunate reality, by the hands of current ochlocratic government. Bolivia’s Descent Into Rogue State Status The country is a hub for organized crime and a safe haven for terrorists. In the years…
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Bolivian athletes WON four gold medals!!
El Diario reports: In South American Sports Games Bolivian athletes achieved four gold medals. At the South American Sports Games, which was held in Lima, Peru, where the Bolivian delegation managed [to win] four gold medals, in the disciplines of swimming with the swimmer María José Ribera, in the eight per one hundred meter dash…
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…
Pollution threatens Bolivian youth!
ERBOL reports: Mining pollutes water They detect lead in the blood of some children in Tupiza They detected the presence of lead in some children, in District 3, in the municipality of Tupiza, the Department of Potosi, which is of concern to several families, said Norma Moreno, Member of the Comite Octubre Azul [October Blue…
Double standards are recurrent under this coca growing government…
This is an excellent editorial from El Diario: Double ethical standards about coca The current Government of the country apparently has double ethics in relation to the production and cultivation of the coca leaf. Indeed, on the one hand announces that it is dedicated to eradicate large areas of the bush, while, on the other…
Natural plastic made in Uyuni Salt Plains, Potosi, Bolivia!!!
From Redorbit and El Deber: Two news about the wonders that we have in beautiful Salar de Uyuni!! Bacteria From Salar De Uyuni In Bolivia Conceal Bioplastic In Bolivia, in the largest continuous salt desert in the world, researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have found a bacterium that stores large amounts of PHB,…
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