Physorg reports: Receding glaciers in Bolivia leave communities at risk A new study published in The Cryosphere, an European Geosciences Union journal, has found that Bolivian glaciers shrunk by 43% between 1986 and 2014, and will continue to diminish if temperatures in the region continue to increase. “On top of that, glacier recession is leaving…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivian Environment in Peril 101: RAINFOREST RAPIDLY CLEARED FOR SUGARCANE
Eduardo Franco reports through Mongabay: EXCLUSIVE: RAINFOREST RAPIDLY CLEARED FOR SUGARCANE IN BOLIVIA Around 1,300 hectares were deforested for sugarcane between 2011 and 2014 in northern Bolivia, with 600 more hectares cleared between July and September 2016. Mongabay Latam reporters flew over the area to investigate the extent of the issue. This story originally appeared…
Bolivia: Clashes with police during anti-government protest
Deutsche Welle reports: Bolivia: Clashes with police during anti-government protest Tensions heat up in Bolivia’s second city, El Alto, as protesters block roads in a call for increased infrastructure. At least ten people were arrested after an exchange of police tear gas and protestors’ stone throwing. [to watch video, please use the link below] …
evo’s legacy … as he continues to destroy Bolivia!
This cartoon [10/05/2016] is from El Diario: Bolivia led by the current president, is dangerously approaching the cliff, anarchy rules and everyone pushes to their own preferred way … The coca grower’s caudillo legacy can be summarized in the above cartoon … He managed to make Bolivians fight among each other. He sowed discord among…
South Florida man arrested for trying to send AK-47s to Bolivia
Alfonso Chardy reports for the Miami Herald: South Florida man arrested for trying to send AK-47s to Bolivia A South Florida man, Andrés Mejía Tellez, has been arrested during a federal sting operation during which he admitted to trying to export five AK-47 assault rifles to Bolivia from Miami, according to federal court records. Mejía…
Strongest drought in 25 years hits Bolivia
Mongabay Latam reports: The two food production systems that support Bolivia — family farming and agribusiness — are being hit by the worst drought in the last quarter century and one of the three worst in the last 65 years. Official data indicate that a state of emergency has been declared in 142 of Bolivia’s…
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