Lifestyle Desk, News18: Why Bolivia’s Cerro Rico Is Called The Man-Eating Mountain Cooperativa Minera Compotosi Ltda, a labour movement continues to pressure the government to improve the safety standards here. Mining in Bolivia has played a crucial role in the country’s economic and political landscape since the 16th century, with silver extraction from the Cerro…
Category: Mining
Miners intend to take over protected areas of the country | Mineros pretenden tomar áreas protegidas del país
El Diario: Given the announcement of mobilizations and blockades by mining cooperatives at the Government Headquarters, demanding attention to their petition, the deputy for the Creemos group, María Rene Álvarez, repudiated the destruction caused by gold mining and denounced that this sector intends to overwhelm indigenous territories and take protected areas. “It is proven that…
Madidi park ranger faces an unjustified judicial process for defending nature | Guardaparque del Madidi enfrenta un injustificado proceso judicial por defender la naturaleza
ANF: The Judge of Caranavi, as a legal substitute for the Judge of Apolo, scheduled the oral trial hearing for November 15 of this year. La Paz, October 28, 2023 (ANF).- The Madidi park ranger Raúl Santa Cruz (42) who tried at the end of March to prevent the entry of heavy machinery intended for…
Neither coke nor soy. The forest is not touched | Ni coca ni soya. El bosque no se toca
H.C.F. Mansilla, Los Tiempos: This slogan, chanted in a modest public demonstration on October 25, 2023 by urban youth groups, represents one of the few testimonies of sociopolitical rationality that has been heard in recent times. The expression refers equally to traditional peasant groups and modern private entrepreneurs as those responsible for forest fires. Irrationality—the…
The origin of the dollar sign came from Potosi! $ ¡El origen del signo del dólar vino de Potosí!
“THE UNIVERSAL CURRENCY OF THE IMPERIAL VILLAGE WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE US$ [UNITED STATES DOLLAR], POTOSÍ IS THE FATHER OF THE US$ [AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ALL THE DOLLAR DENOMINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD]” “THE COINS FROM THE IMPERIAL VILLAGE OF POTOSI BECAME THE FIRST UNIVERSAL CURRENCY, SILVER BECAME THE KEY TO HUMAN PROSPERITY,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 