Reports Associated Press for The Record: LA PAZ, Bolivia – A special police unit collected 420 bodies over the preceding five days in two Bolivian cities, and 80% to 90% of the deceased were thought to have succumbed to COVID-19, authorities said Tuesday. Col. Ivan Rojas, director of the special crime-fighting force, said his officers…
Category: Health
The country is not for elections – El país no está para elecciones
Editorial from El Deber: The country is not for elections Every night that the official report is released, Bolivia reaches a new peak of cases of Covid-19 infection and in those conditions if someone believes that on September 6 citizens will go to the polls to elect the new president for the next five years,…
In This Bolivian City, Hard-Hit by the Pandemic, a Fake—and Toxic—Coronavirus Cure Proves Popular
Diego Cartagena and Paola Flores report for Time: (COCHABAMBA, Bolivia) — Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching agent that has been falsely touted as a cure for COVID-19 and a myriad of…
Postpone elections – Posponer las elecciones
ABI reports via Hoybolivia.com: Civics against the September 6 elections call a national meeting to take action La Paz, Jul 17 (ABI). – The civic committees called a national meeting, for July 21, to prevent the general elections from taking place on September 6, a date they fear, may end in a massive spread of…
Bolivia: increased poverty – aumento de la pobreza
El Diario reports: In recent years INE data update reveals increased poverty Extreme poverty increased to 12.9% and the poverty situation to 37.2% In recent years, poverty and extreme poverty have increased in the country. The update of the data on the basic food basket, carried out by the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals this…
Food crisis – Crisis alimentaria
Editorial from El Diario: Negative perspective of the food crisis The ousted government of Evo Morales-Álvaro García Linera & Co. left for the Bolivian people a very heavy legacy of debts, disorganization, corruption and others, but especially that heritage is that the national agriculture stopped producing food and, instead, it has to resort to massive…
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