Daniel Stewart, MSN: Bolivia’s Civic Committee maintains national strike after rejecting the technical table proposed by the government The Bolivian Civic Committee has again rejected the proposal of the Government of Luis Arce to install technical tables to set the date on which the Census will be held, so the strike will remain active in…
Category: Santa Cruz
A bewildered and incapable government prevents food from reaching its markets | Un desconcertado e incapaz gobierno impide alimentos lleguen a sus mercados
BBC News Mundo: The challenge of the Santa Cruz region that led the Bolivian government to ban exports of 6 staple foods The Bolivian government has temporarily banned the export of six basic food products, including soybeans, sugar and beef, due to a strike in the agricultural region of Santa Cruz. The export suspension came…
It’s not that way, President Arce – No es por ahí, presidente Arce
Editorial, El Deber: The call made by President Luis Arce to bring together mayors, governors, rectors and all their allied social movements in Cochabamba on Friday the 28th has the appearance of a mockery on the mobilized region, it reveals that his Government feels comfortable with the indefinite strike of Santa Cruz, who has no…
Not like that Mennonites, not like that! – ¡Así no menonitas, así no!
Mongabay Latam – Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Bolivia: indigenous territories cornered by the agricultural expansion of a Mennonite community The incursion of Mennonites is reaching an intangible indigenous territory, which is San Antonio de Lomerío, the first indigenous municipality in Bolivia. The Global Forest Watch platform has detected more than 42 thousand deforestation alerts…
Chaco: Ñembi Guasu
Mongabay: The protected area that isn’t: Bolivia’s Ñembi Guasu beset by fires, farms, roads by Rocío Lloret on 17 October 2022 | Translated by Sarah Engel This report is part of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam, La Región and Red Ambiental de Información. ROBORÉ, Bolivia—The Ñembi Guasu region is referred to as the “great refuge” by the Guaraní people of…
Bolivian Chaco: Kaa- Iya
Astrid Arellano, Mongabay: Virtual Expedition: a walk through Kaa-Iya, the master of the wilderness in Bolivia The biodiversity of Kaa-Iya is impressive. The routes within its enormous territory, made up of paths between the forest and the bodies of water, provide unique experiences to its visitors. When walking through the place, you never know what…
