El Deber and ANF report about the violence in the Yapacani municipality, El Chore reserve being invaded and the coca crop which is worse than an epidemic. Three people died as a result of municipality conflicts between different groups who belong to the current political party in power, and police intervention: The leader of the…
Category: Santa Cruz
New law in Bolivia to regulate land ownership by foreigners, January 2012
Pagina Siete reports about a new law that will affect foreigners who own agricultural land: The Government confirmed the wording of a draft law that will restrict the access and sale of land to foreigners, a proposal that emerged in the Social Summit in 2011. The Deputy Minister of lands, Edgar Valeriano, reported yesterday that…
Santa Cruz Governor Ruben Costas under political persecution; one victory but several more charges are likely to continue
From El Deber’s website, report made by C. Delgado y M. Chuquimia: Suspended charges against Rubén Costas The seventh judge of investigation criminal, Ivan Córdova, determined yesterday to rescind the Declaration of rebellion and the arrest warrants against Governor Rubén Costas by the proceedings for contempt, followed by the Prosecutor Marcelo Soza. “Citizen Rubén Costas has…
Bolivian wooden furniture exports in decline…
El Dia reports about how some public policies cause more damage than the help/support they were designed for: The furniture industry has been affected in their exports due to the decrease of the availability of raw material, this in direct relationship with the implementation of the Digital Forest Certificates (Cefos), which creates a tight control…
If traveling across Bolivia, PLS watch out from dengue!!
Pagina Siete reports today about dengue, please take precautions: [The graph shows in orange and red the frequency of cases reported.] Residents of 20 municipalities close to the road that links La Paz with Cochabamba and Santa Cruz are the most affected by dengue. They consider that the vector is incubated in the river and tributaries…
Dengue kills 53 people in Bolivia during 2011
Pat at 19:56 tonight reported that Cedes Santa Cruz will probably call an orange alert as dengue is increasing dangerously. El Deber reported today about 53 people dying to dengue this year: “Santa Cruz have had around 32 dead and 16 Beni”, reported the Minister of Health, Nila Heredia, after a coordination meeting with sector…
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