El Deber: Javier Rivera was lost after going to work, as he was hired as an assistant to a person who was looking for mineral samples, but apparently he got disoriented Haggard and with skin more tanned by the sun after almost a week lost in the bush, between San Juan de Chiquitos and the…
Category: Mining
Denounced for fulfilling his duty; Raúl, the guardian of Madidi | Denunciado por cumplir con su deber; Raúl, el guardián del Madidi
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: On March 30, he was attacked at a national park checkpoint when he demanded documentation from illegal miners. He is now notified for defamation and slander and must declare this July 5 He is a native of the Santa Rosa community, municipality of Apolo, today co-opted by mining. He was a…
Mining advances in Madidi and puts German donation at risk to preserve it – La minería avanza en el Madidi y pone en riesgo donación alemana para preservarlo
La Brava, El Diario: The miners raid the Tuichi riverbed in search of gold. | Los mineros depredan el lecho del río Tuichi en busca de oro. Foto: Mauricio Aguilar /La Brava Mechanized gold mining is a growing problem that, along with others such as illegal hunting and the inefficiency of Sernap (National Service of…
¿Cómo frenamos la corrupción de las empresas chinas en Bolivia? – How do we stop the corruption of Chinese companies in Bolivia?
Para abordar las preocupaciones sobre la corrupción que involucra a empresas chinas o cualquier otra entidad extranjera en Bolivia, el gobierno debe tomar varias medidas, y dejar de seguir perdiendo credibilidad, ademas de controlar y erradicar la corrupción que afecta a todo, TODO su gobierno: Combatir la corrupción requiere un esfuerzo integral y sostenido que…
En un área protegida boliviana desgarrada por oro, el enfoque está en limitar los daños – In a Bolivian protected area torn up for gold, focus is on limiting damage
Thomas Graham, Mongabay: LA PAZ — Al amanecer en Apolobamba, en el altiplano boliviano, grupos de vicuñas y alpacas —algunas esquiladas, otras peludas— deambulan en busca de matorrales para pastar, aunque el suelo helado ofrece poco. La escena está en silencio, excepto por los ruidos metálicos y los estruendos de la maquinaria en las minas…
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
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