El Diario reports: Deadly pathogen threatens giant frog in Titicaca The giant frog of Lake Titicaca is infected by an invasive pathogen, the fungus chytrid, which has spread among amphibians of different ecosystems of the world, causing them a deadly disease in their skin that causes a decreasing population. According to the portal CienciaBolivia, scientists…
Category: Social Unrest
Useless and demagogue gov fails again! Now with employees and businesses!
This cartoon from La Razon [03/29/2017] outlines the real nature of the coca grower’s caudillo government: Letting go people from a job, with notice or without ,,,, is more complicated than this ochlocracy could have ever thought possible … This is only a reflection of the “capacity” to govern … they are more interested in remaining…
Three Camargo communities disappear because of floods
El Dia reports: Three Camargo communities disappear because of floods The authorities of the municipality have not yet been able to specify the number of families affected. Camargo’s Mayor Valentín Cruz said on Friday that three communities in the 11 and 14 districts of that municipality had disappeared because of the floods and announced that…
Chile is wrong! Technical – geological study confirms that Silala is a spring
El Diario reports: Technical – geological study confirms that Silala is a spring The waters of the Silala come from springs located on Bolivian soil ratified a technical – geological study conducted in 2016, by the Autonomous University of Tomas Frías, Potosí. A team of Potosi professionals and university students moved to Silala to study…
Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists
Catholic News Agency reports: Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists Sucre, Bolivia, Mar 27, 2017 / 03:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A bill in Bolivia that would allow abortions only for certain groups of women is uniting unlikely groups in opposition to the policy – namely, Bolivian bishops and pro-choice feminists. Abortion is…
Bolivia Minister Sticks to Party Line on Foreign Cartel Presence … WTH?!
David Cagne reports for InSight Crime: Bolivia Minister Sticks to Party Line on Foreign Cartel Presence Bolivia’s interior minister said emissaries of Brazilian and Colombian drug trafficking groups are operating within the Andean nation, but the scope of foreign participation in the country’s drug trade could be greater than the minister admits. [cartoon is from…
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