By Associated Press for Los Angeles Times: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hooked up to ventilators, 11 prematurely born infants struggled for survival Thursday in the intensive care ward of a Bolivian maternity hospital. The infants’ supply of oxygen was in peril, doctors said, because of nationwide blockades by supporters of the party of former President Evo Morales…
Category: Health
Mobile Crematory Aims to Help Bolivia Deal with Surge in COVID Deaths
VOA News: A group of entrepreneurs believe their mobile crematorium is the solution to Bolivia’s surge in coronavirus deaths. Carlos Ayo, an environmental engineer, who is part of the group said, there are instances when dozens of bodies piled up in the street in Bolivia because families do not have the resources or aren’t finding places to…
Dear Bernie, dear Harvard boys
Juan Antonio Morales writes in Pagina Siete: It’s hard to get mad at Senator Bernie Sanders, with his somewhat eccentric uncle figure. Unfortunately, they have abused his nobility, as the Chapulín Colorado would say, by having him sign a letter, along with some of his co-religionists, referring to a country he does not know. Crazy…
Lawmakers push toxic disinfectant as Covid-19 treatment in Bolivia, against Health Ministry’s warnings
Radina Gigova reports for CNN: (CNN) The US and Brazil aren’t the only countries where political leaders have appeared to contradict the advice of medical experts. In Bolivia, several lawmakers are fighting to recognize a toxic cleaning agent as a Covid-19 therapy, even as health officials warn it could be deadly. In the city of…
Strikes must be conscious acts – Huelgas deben ser actos conscientes
Editorial from El Diario: Strikes must be conscious acts The pernicious custom of arranging strikes even for trivial “reasons”, as many labor entities do, seriously damages the country, uselessly paralyzes it and even destroys the little hope of achieving development. However, there is an effort to determine stoppages and strikes without valid reasons or just…
Bolivian President Anez says she is back to work after coronavirus
Reuters via Yahoo News: LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian interim President Jeanine Anez said on Tuesday she had recovered from the coronavirus and returned to work. “Thank you with all my heart for the love and support during my coronavirus illness,” Anez said in a tweet. “Bolivians are a great family. We will move forward.”…
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