Category: Social Unrest

Pachamama: An oxymoron? | ¿Un oxímoron?

Luis Escobar, Página Siete: THE SECOND MOST AFFECTED AREA IS THE CENTER WITH 59 MICROGRAMS The tribute to the Pachamama leaves more pollution than San Juan in Villa Fátima The Air Quality Monitoring Network (Red MoniCA) detected that on the last day of August the area of ​​Villa Fátima and the entire eastern slope of…

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Fuego/Fire – Noel Kempff Mercado Park

Lourdes Molina, El Deber: The fire enters the Noel Kempff Mercado Park The fire is located on a plateau that is difficult to access. Brigades mobilized to design fire fighting strategies The forest fires do not let up and now they have begun to affect the forest reserves. Yesterday a fire was reported in the…

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“Red alert” for forest fires | “Alerta roja por incendios forestales

Viviana Angélica Trujillo, AlDiaNews: The Governor’s Office of Santa Cruz reported a total of 77 new fire outbreaks in addition to the 1,531 identified in the month of August, while forest fires accumulated more than 15,700 during the season. “Red alert” for forest fires in Bolivia’s largest region Located in the department of Santa Cruz,…

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Madidi: Illegal mining – Mineria ilegal

El Diario: Illegal mining in Parque Madidi is an undeniable issue The result of the Popular Action demanding an ecological pause in the territory of the Madidi National Park has not yet been defined. The tie between two members will be defined by a third party. After the judicial decision to postpone the ruling related…

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Pilcomayo in peril | Pilcomayo en peligro

Editorial, Página Siete: Stop killing the Pilcomayo It is not new that the waste from Potosi mining, especially that practiced by cooperative members without any control or ecological awareness, is contaminating the Pilcomayo River, a source of life and food that runs through no more and no less than three countries: Bolivia , Argentina and…

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