Editorial, Pagina Siete: The agenda of the people and the government Bolivia is experiencing the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the last hours, records of deaths and infections have been broken, in the midst of an exasperating shortage of oxygen, collapse of Intensive Care Units (ICU) and speculation of medicines. Therefore, people’s agenda is…
Category: Health
Central Bolivia desperate for medical oxygen amid third Covid wave
Online News Editor, La Prensa Latina: Cochabamba, Bolivia, Jun 1 (EFE).- Scenes of despair, concern and tears are seen at the doors of hospitals in the central Bolivian region of Cochabamba, hit hard by a Covid-19 third wave and where medical oxygen is scarce and health services are overwhelmed. One of the places in a…
Deficiencies that kill during pandemic – Carencias que matan en pandemia
Editorial, Pagina Siete: In the third wave of Covid-19, Bolivia is setting record figures for the entire pandemic in terms of deaths and positive cases per day. For example, during the previous week more than 3,000 cases were registered daily, compared to the maximum of 2,886 reported in the second wave. In terms of deaths,…
Irresponsible vaccination? – ¿Vacunación iresponsable?
Alfonso Gumucio, Pagina Siete: Vaccinated with horror “The third wave surpasses two previous peaks,” “UTIs are saturated,” “hospital chaos and funeral crisis,” “the Brazilian strain kills in two or three days,” “not only the elderly are ill, but also young people and children,” “doctors work without receiving salaries,” “Seven regions without oxygen,” “without distancing in…
Polluting mercury – Mercurio contaminante
El Dia: Estudio revela que Bolivia importa 200 toneladas de mercurio, 68 van a la minería aurífera Bolivia registra un incremento “exponencial” en la importación de 200 toneladas de mercurio totalmente “legal”, por la baja tasa arancelaria, de las cuales 68 toneladas van a la pequeña minería aurífera, un hecho que sucede a pesar de…
Annoying centralist interference – Molesta interferencia centralista
President Luis Arce clearly despises the legal standing of the Governorates and Municipalities. The picture below of two headlines this Monday, shows he supplants the competences of the elected officials at the departamental and municipal authorities. It could have not be otherwise, the masistas cling to power at all costs, their demagogue and ochlocratic behavior…
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