Carlos Muñiz reports for El Dia: Interior and Municipality They unite to stop the trade in bushmeat Road check points. Pailón and Cotoca are where most seizures were made by the illegal sale, officials report. Units of Biodiversity of the Governor’s office and Environment of the municipality of the city of Santa Cruz, joined forces…
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Shames of Chile and Bolivia
Humberto Vacaflor writes in hoybolivia.com: Shames of Chile and Bolivia According tells Alcides Arguedas, a serious historian, after the invasion of the Bolivian coast, Chile sent a message with a German tinge, in the words of Ambassador Abraham Konig, in saying: “The coast is rich and worth millions, we already knew it. We keep it…
Bolivian independence: The Battle of Chicaloma
Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: The Battle of Chicaloma The Revolution of July 16, 1809 triggered the formation of the first independent government of America, against the actions of Spain. Then, the Viceroy of Peru, called a realist, winding and bloody military, Jose Manuel de Goyeneche, to quell the uprising subversive…
Democracy in peril: Bolivia Panel Clears Bill to Change Constitution
From The Wall Street Journal: Bolivia Panel Clears Bill to Change Constitution A Bolivian legislative committee has approved a bill to change the constitution, paving the way for President Evo Morales to stay in power beyond his current term. The bill, which was cleared late Tuesday by the constitutional committee, will be sent to the…
Is Bolivia doing anything about fulfilling the sustainable development goals for this Millennium?
From the World Economic Forum… . Excerpts follow from: “I am pleased to share some good news for people and planet,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said to a packed room of press delegates. The good news? After three years of negotiations and debate, 193 countries had agreed to a set of development goals more bold…
The futility of indignation in Bolivia…
Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: The futility of indignation Until the indignation capacity is exhausted when you see on television H.E. [His Excellency] talking about the wonders of his Government on fanciful discoveries of new oil and gas fields, about how well he is doing as president, but, especially when brags that in United…
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