Monica Machicao, Reuters: Bolivian house with devil sculptures spooks highland city Sculptures of horned devils adorn the house of Bolivian miner David Choque, intended as a playful nod to the South American country’s colonial past, but which has shocked some neighbors and sparked allegations of occult rituals, in El Alto, Bolivia February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia…
Category: Mining
MADIDI: Park rangers prepare actions against illegal mining incursion – Guardaparques preparan acciones contra incursión minera ilegal
Walter Vasquez, El Deber: The procedure for awarding the 75-square-square area is carried out before the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority by the Azariama Colorado R. L. Gold Mining Cooperative. Sernap park rangers prepare sanctioning processes for those responsible for the entry into the Resina sector of the Madidi National Park with machinery destined for illegal…
The city by the mountain of silver
Dennis Cassinelli, Nevada Appeal: Many years ago, a fabulous city sprang up on the slopes of an incredibly rich mountain of silver. The country was a high desert region of mountains and canyons. The miners soon found that the local native Indian tribes had to be tamed before the full potential of the silver strike…
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…
Uno que desprecia la libertad de prensa, no respeta nuestro Orgullo y Símbolos Nacionales – One that despises the freedom of the press, disrespects our National Pride and Symbols
ANP, El Diario: Coopman beat the director of El Potosí ANP expresses strong protest The miner Víctor Flores attacked the journalist Juan José Toro in a popular market in Villa Imperial Potosí (ANP). – The National Press Association (ANP) yesterday expressed its energetic protest at the second attack suffered by the content director of the…
Contaminación del río Tuichi – Madidi – Contamination of the Tuichi River
Brujula Digital, Los Tiempos: WCS alerts contamination of the Tuichi River due to mining activity within the Madidi Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) through its deputy director of the Great Madidi Landscape Conservation Program and coordinator of the Interinstitutional Group for Responsible Gold (GIT-OR), Óscar Loayza, warns of the mining contamination of the Tuichi River, which…
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