El Diario: With authorization from AJAM National deputy for the Creemos group, María René Álvarez, reported that the Administrative Jurisdictional Mining Authority (AJAM) authorized mining activity in the municipality of Roboré, Chiquitos province of the department of Santa Cruz, which affects the indigenous communities of Aguas Calientes, Yororobá, and Quitunuquiña. The legislator explained that the…
Category: Santa Cruz
Wounded Land: Kidnapping and Complicit Silence | Tierra herida: Secuestro y silencio cómplice
Editorial, El Deber: The land invasions in Santa Cruz are escalating to alarming levels, leaving a trail of violence, kidnappings, and a concerning complicit silence from regional and national authorities. The taking of hostages on agricultural properties, where two police officers were injured with machetes, raises alarms and demands a strong response from the State….
Do low temperatures affect or benefit agricultural crops? | ¿Afectan o benefician las bajas temperaturas a los cultivos agrícolas?
By Lourdes Molina Rea, El Deber: According to expert analysis, the Cruceño valleys and Cordillera have been the most affected regions by the ‘surcito’. According to the experts, two phenomena occur when low temperatures are recorded: snowfalls and frosts. The first can be beneficial for agricultural crops, but the second can destroy production. “What has…
Two people arrested for selling bats and jaguar parts | Aprehenden a dos personas acusadas de vender murciélagos y partes de jaguar
Brújula Digital: Jaguar parts that were going to be sold. Photo: Social Media The Biodiversity Management Program, along with the Forestry and Environmental Police (Pofoma), has arrested two individuals for selling wildlife. The first arrest took place in the city of Santa Cruz when an attempt was made to sell parts of a jaguar. The…
Eviction and punishment to stop encroachments | Desalojo y castigo para frenar avasallamientos
Editorial, El Deber: Illegal land occupation is undoubtedly the greatest challenge faced by agricultural producers in eastern Bolivia, especially in the department of Santa Cruz. This problem has been recurrent and seems to have no solution, as these invasions often go unpunished. However, there is now a glimmer of hope: the Government has just announced…
Billion-Dollar Offer from the CAO of Santa Cruz | Millonaria oferta de la CAO cruceña
Editorial, El Diario: The Chamber of Agriculture of the East (CAO) has made a juicy offer of about one billion dollars to the government of the Plurinational State, provided that it favorably considers a five-point proposal aimed at solving the problem of the dollar shortage, improving the country’s shaky economic situation due to the lack…
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