PhysOrg (para leer en español, use el link de abajo): Bernardo Guarachi’s eyes light up as he reminisces about the glory days of Chacaltaya—once the highest ski resort in the world but now a crumbling relic to climate change in the Bolivian Andes. “Today, it’s a cemetery,” said Guarachi, pointing to the rusted poles and…
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‘This sun isn’t normal’: Extreme UV radiation is broiling Bolivia’s highlands
Reuters, CNN: (La Paz)Bolivia’s highlands city of La Paz has been hit by an unusual heatwave, with levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation soaring off the charts, exacerbated by unusually low levels of cloud cover some experts link to climate change.Levels of UV radiation have at times in recent weeks hit 21 on a scale that…
Incumple obligaciones antinarcóticos – Breaches anti-narcotics obligations
Reuters, Yahoo News: Biden dice que Venezuela y Bolivia no están haciendo lo suficiente para cumplir con las obligaciones antinarcóticos WASHINGTON (Reuters) – El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo el miércoles que Venezuela y Bolivia no habían tomado medidas durante el año pasado para cumplir con sus obligaciones en virtud de los acuerdos…
Demagogia – MAS and 21060 – Demagogy
Editorial, Los Tiempos: 21060: the validity of a demonized decree Repealed in parts since the first year of the MAS government and a symbol of neoliberalism so repudiated when it comes to proclaiming the virtues of a diffuse socialism, Decree 21060, promulgated 36 years ago, maintains today an evident validity in the stability results of…
Resolvió un problema matemático de números primos – Beimar Wilfredo López Subia – Solved a prime number math problem
El Diario: Mathematician invited by several universities for doctorate The university student Beimar Wilfredo López Subia solved a mathematical problem of prime numbers that was investigated by various intellectuals worldwide and for more than a century. He is Bolivian, 27 years old, and is in the ninth semester of a civil engineering degree at the…
Fires rage in Bolivia’s Chiquitania region
Ivan Paredes, Mongabay: Authorities are battling an outbreak of wildfires in eastern Bolivia’s Chiquitania region. Satellite data show fires have intensified over the past two weeks and are invading protected areas. The fires are destroying habitat spared by Bolivia’s extreme fire season of 2019. Wildfires in Bolivia are often associated with burning for agriculture, and…
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