By El Deber: River Yapacaní: environmentalist denounces lack of preventive action despite “extraordinary rise” Drone images the day after the surge | Photo: Román Vitrón The recent swelling of the Yapacaní River exposed the fragility of the riverbanks and put gas pipelines, high-voltage lines, the Santa Fe treatment plant, and homes in the cabin area…
Category: Social Unrest
An Absurd Fight Two Weeks In | Una pelea absurda a dos semanas de gobierno
By Editorial, Bolivian Thoughts: The Legacy of Disorder: A Bloated State, Internal Fractures, and a Country on the Brink of Collapse The country has awakened to the institutional hangover left by nearly two decades of MAS rule. And what we are seeing in these first days of the new administration is not exactly a ray…
Clash Between Paz and Lara Over a Ministry, Quotas, and Power | Paz y Lara chocan por un ministerio, cuotas y poder
By Yolanda Mamani, El Deber: Rodrigo Paz and Edmand Lara. Photos: APG and Vice-Presidency The head of state reveals that the Justice Ministry was a power quota requested by Vice President Edmand Lara, for whom he backed away from his promise to eliminate that ministry. Lara protests on TikTok over changes in the Executive Branch….
Amparo Carvajal regains the APDHB headquarters: “Truth and justice are the only things that make us free” | Amparo Carvajal recupera la sede de la APDHB: “La verdad y la justicia es lo único que nos hace libres”
By Fernando Chávez, Visión 360: Historic “They are not returning the house to Amparo, it is your house (…). We are all different, but we must have a single objective: truth and justice,” said the human rights defender. Amparo Carvajal, with the president, this Thursday at the APDHB offices. Photos: APG President Rodrigo Paz arrived…
Illegal Gold: Rapid Destruction in Bolivia’s Amazon | Oro ilegal: destrucción acelerada en la Amazonía boliviana
By Brujula Digital: Report: Illegal gold mining in Bolivia is growing and causing severe impacts Bolivia’s Amazon is undergoing rapid degradation linked to alluvial mining, especially in the departments of La Paz, Beni, and Pando. Dredges and barges operate in rivers such as the Kaka, Beni, Madre de Dios, and Orthon. Illegal gold mining is…
What Did They Do with the Natural Resources? | ¿Qué hicieron con los recursos naturales?
By Marianela Curi, Brujula Digital: I want to think and trust that the gap between rhetoric and practice that prevailed over the past 20 years will finally be eliminated, and that coherence and strategic vision will prevail on this issue of great importance for the country. Volunteers try to extinguish a forest fire. ABI photo….
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