Editorial, El Deber: La Chiquitania on the way to becoming another Chapare The Chiquitania is at risk. The protected area of Bajo Paraguá, which belongs to the municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco, has been crossed by clearings, trails and gaps, one of them 8 kilometers long and 12 meters wide, and in the area…
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How to Retire in Bolivia: Costs, Visas and More
Ashley Chorpenning, AOL: Bolivia is one of South America’s most diverse countries, in both its people and its beautiful, rugged landscapes. The country, which has more than 11 million people, has an array of sights and experiences, unlike anything most travelers will find. Crystal lagoons, lush rainforests and mirror-like salt lakes are just the tip…
How an Indigenous People in Bolivia’s Amazon Survived COVID-19
Pulitzer Center: When the coronavirus arrived in the spring, Yuqui fisherman Salomon Quispe was frightened. His wife had tuberculosis a few years before and was still in poor health. At 52 years old, Salomon Quispe himself was no longer as young as he once was, and he, too, felt at risk. Quispe also worried that…
San Matias: en peligro – in peril
Editorial, El Deber: Mining operation in protected area Since the arrival of President Luis Arce Catacora, the Bolivian system of protected areas and forests has been suffering severe blows, due to the deinstitutionalization of the positions of the entities that have under their control this important natural wealth of the country. To this is added…
Intervención negativa – Negative intervention
Fides: Anapo rejects government warning to suspend soy exports The Association of Oilseed and Wheat Producers (Anapo), through its President, Fidel Flores, expressed this Friday (1/29/2021) his rejection of the warning made by the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy to suspend exports of soybeans if the oilseed industries do not supply flour in…
Lluvia y caminos – Rain and roads
Allison Cuellar, El Dia: The ABC reports 24 section cuts nationwide The highway that connects the departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba suffered a sewer collapse at dawn on Thursday at kilometer 103 of the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz highway (Montero-Yapacaní section). Traffic interruptions in Santa CruzThe highway that connects the departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba…
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