ABI reports in hoybolivia.com: Bolivia produces more than 3,000 species of medicinal plants Bolivia produces more than 3,000 species of medicinal plants for prevention and treatment of diseases, said on Thursday the President of the Departmental Council of La Paz Traditional Medicine (Codemetra), Freddy Ayala. “We have identified 3,000 medicinal species with scientific names, especially here…
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Operation Naked King: U.S. Secretly Targeted Bolivia’s Evo Morales In Drug Sting
Ryan Grim and Nick Wing write for Huffpost Politics: Operation Naked King: U.S. Secretly Targeted Bolivia’s Evo Morales In Drug Sting A confidential informant says the DEA had its sights set on Bolivia’s populist leader. The United States has secretly indicted top officials connected to the government of Bolivian President Evo Morales for their alleged…
Bolivia’s situation regarding floods, hunger, poverty…
From ReliefWeb: Informing humanitarians worldwide. ReliefWeb has been the leading source for reliable and timely humanitarian information on global crises and disasters since 1996. Bolivia Situation Report #2, 07 September 2015 Highlights • The Government officially requested WFP to support flood-affected families in the northern Santa Cruz department. • WFP has assessed the affected area and indicated…
What are we doing to restore Titicaca Lake?
La Prensa reports: Daily fish, frogs and other amphibians are dying They will recover the lake with Bs3,000 million At least Bs3,000 million will be invested to implement the recovery plan for Lake Titicaca. “So far, from what we have collected from metropolitan plans, development plans, we have seen the need for about Bs3,000 million,…
Serious concern: unplanned adolescent pregnancies…
El Dia reports: In all the country 246 unplanned pregnancies per day Deputy Minister of Equal Opportunities, Juan Antonio Perez reported yesterday that daily, the country recorded 246 unplanned pregnancies in adolescents, which led to develop a prevention plan which aims to help reduce that number and that group of the society to exercise their…
Undeniable truth: “Bolivia does not need a nuclear plant”
El Diario reports: Franchesco Zaratti, Physicist: “Bolivia does not need a nuclear plant” • Lack of information created confusion on Mallasilla neighbors. • In Santa Cruz, also rejected a parliamentary initiative for the project to be transferred to that capital. The doctor in physics, Franchesco Zaratti said yesterday in an interview that “Bolivia does not…
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