Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Secret reserves The government decided to leave the study for next year to find out the situation of natural gas reserves in the country, delayed since 2018. The last report, carried out by a specialized company, established that the reserves were 8.6 TCF (which means trillion cubic feet). Experts calculate that…
Category: Social Unrest
In defense of independent journalism – En defensa del periodismo independiente
Editorial El Deber: June 29 is marked in history as a disastrous day for journalism. Pagina Siete announced the end of its editions. This bad news opens a wound in Bolivian society, that a media outlet is forced to close is a blow to freedom and democracy. The news was made official in a letter…
A true heroine for human rights – Una verdadera heroína por los DDHH
El Diario: Amparo Carvajal announces that she will remain vigilant until “she dies” THE PRESIDENT OF THE APDHB, AMPARO CARVAJAL, LEAVING THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE PHOTO: APG The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia, Amparó Carvajal, reported yesterday that the Prosecutor’s Office rejected the complaint that she filed for the seizure of…
Freedom of the Press is in danger – Bolivia – La libertad de prensa está en peligro
Página Siete: End of the road. Letter to the readers of Página Siete “This is a hard moment that fills me with sadness and anguish because I am aware that independent journalism and democracy are losing an important ally” After 13 years of independent journalism at the service of society and democracy, Página Siete publishes…
Prisioneros en Bolivia intercambian partes de jaguar por artículos de moda, descubren investigadores | Prisoners in Bolivia trading rare jaguar parts for fashion items, researchers discover
Phys.org: por Cambridge University Press Los presos en Bolivia comercian con pieles de jaguar y otras partes del cuerpo de animales salvajes para producir carteras, sombreros y cinturones para la venta en los mercados locales. Los colmillos y los huesos de los jaguares se exportan ilegalmente para su uso como medicina tradicional asiática. El comercio, que…
NO tenemos capacidad para combatir la corrupción 👎🏽 We DON’T have the capacity to combat corruption
2023 – Americas Quarterly: El Índice de Capacidadpara Combatir laCorrupción (CCC) Evaluando la capacidad de BOLIVIA para detectar, castigar y prevenir la corrupción Bolivia se mantuvo en el puesto 14 del Índice, posición que ocupa desde el 2020. El país experimentó su retroceso más significativo en la categoría de sociedad civil y medios de comunicación,…
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