Violeta Ayala writes in The Huffington Post: The Water War “Don’t jump the queue! I was the first in line. Get out of the way!” Shouts a man carrying a bucket, “I’ve got three kids and was waiting somewhere else and when the water truck came there wasn’t enough for all of us. We don’t…
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This Country Is Running Out of Water Amid Historic Drought
Jan Rocha writes in EcoWatch: This Country Is Running Out of Water Amid Historic Drought The government of Bolivia, a landlocked country in the heart of South America, has been forced to declare a state of emergency as it faces its worst drought in at least 25 years. Much of the water supply to La…
Santa Cruz: There will be a deposit for disused electronic devices
El Deber reports: There will be a deposit for disused electronic devices The municipal government, through the Municipal Cleaning Company of Santa Cruz (Emacruz), will incorporate four points for the deposit of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), in the districts of the city. The objective is to avoid the environmental pollution generated by the…
Bolivia’s severe water shortage triggers national emergency
Keith Walker reports for Euronews: Bolivia’s severe water shortage triggers national emergency Bolivia’s government has declared a national emergency because of a water shortage as it suffers the worst drought in 25 years. The country’s capital city gets water for just three hours a day, as reservoirs run dry. Last week, residents in Bolivia’s second…
What’s Behind Bolivia’s Cooperative Mining Wars?
Nacla reports: What’s Behind Bolivia’s Cooperative Mining Wars? Bolivia’s brutal cooperative mining conflict reveals the growing contradictions and perils of extractivism at the end of the commodities bonanza, as the government and popular sectors struggle to control a dwindling mining surplus. by Emily Achtenberg On August 25, Bolivia’s Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was detained,…
Bolivia: La Paz Water Rationing Now Permanent, Amid Climate-Fueled Drought
Democracy Now reports: Bolivia: La Paz Water Rationing Now Permanent, Amid Climate-Fueled Drought And in La Paz, Bolivia, government officials have declared the system of water rationing is now permanent, amid a worsening drought. Scientists say the drought is caused by the rapid retreat of glaciers due to global warming. Over the last three decades,…
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