By César del Castillo, El Deber: Critical Minerals Could Reposition Bolivia in Global Geopolitics Bolivia possesses a range of critical minerals, the exploitation of which requires investment and cutting-edge technology./Illustration: Óscar Parada The 21st-century economy needs critical minerals. Bolivia possesses several of them, but the challenge is only beginning. A tourist walks through the historic…
Category: Mining
Gold and Water | El oro y el agua
Editorial, El Pais: Behind these illegal mining activities there is planning, financing, and a chain of interests that can hardly be described as spontaneous. The discovery of new illegal mining camps in the highlands of Tarija is not an isolated incident. It confirms that a clandestine activity is beginning to take root, taking advantage of…
Gold Still Flows in Madidi | El oro sigue fluyendo en Madidi
By Jimena Mercado, AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS AMBIENTALES, Erbol: Ruth Alípaz: Illegal Mining Continues in Amazon Rivers Despite Agro-Environmental Court Rulings Despite Environmental Order No. SP-TAA 012/2025, issued by the Full Chamber of the Agro-Environmental Court on September 30, 2025, which established urgent environmental precautionary measures to halt illegal mining and protect the Tuichi River, located…
Protected Areas Endangered by Irregular Mining Rights | Áreas protegidas peligran por derechos mineros irregulares
By El Diario: Bolivia’s 15 protected areas face high risk due to mining rights granted irregularly decades ago, which, if efforts are made to consolidate them, could lead to the extinction of natural heritage and biodiversity wealth as a result of uncontrollable illegal mining activity. Biologist Alfredo Fuentes, a researcher affiliated with the National Herbarium…
Potosí: The Silent Exporter | El exportador silencioso
By Gonzalo Colque, Vision 360: With Feet on the Ground The challenge lies in whether the national government will be capable of understanding this reality and designing a coherent strategy commensurate with this new export balance. There is a revealing fact reshaping the economic landscape: over the past two years, Potosí has become the country’s…
Illegal Mining Threatens Bolivia | La minería ilegal amenaza a Bolivia
By Sumando Voces: Study Warns of the Expansion of Illegal Mining in Bolivia and Raises Alarm Over Environmental and Economic Impacts Mining dredges. Photo: CPILAP A recent investigation warns that illegal mining has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a structural threat that compromises the economy, the ecosystem, and national security. The…
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