Los Tiempos reports: The former president of the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador and current member of the Court of Defense of the Rights of Nature, Alberto Acosta, warned from Quito that the Polygon 7, inhabited by colonizing peasants, constitutes a worrisome threat for the indigenous people and for the conservation of the Indigenous Territory and…
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Bolivian coca growers despise Mother Nature!
Chapare is the stronghold where evo came to power over 20 years ago, for the last 13 years, he has managed to get absolute control of ALL State powers and deforestation and environmental damage has not only seized both Yungas and Chapare, but has placed in serious jeopardy National Parks like Carrasco, Madidi, TIPNIS, and…
Bolivia with the lowest agricultural yield
El Diario reports: Regional study of the World Bank Our country is at 0.3 on a scale of 1, in reference to the total cultivated land with respect to the suitable land AGRICULTURAL WORKS IN THE BOLIVIAN WEST, CARRIED OUT BY FAMILIES, MOSTLY FOR SELF-CONSUMPTION. Bolivia is at the bottom of the table of agricultural…
Morales Ever More?
Alex Tyler reports for Raddington Report offers a more or less good recount on evo’s performance … Bolivian Thoughts opinion: It is NOT true that evo succeeded with his economic policies … he only inherited the debt forgiveness that all the international donor community started paperwork in 1996, under the HIPIC, which came into effect…
evo 101, from the mouth of a former follower … coca rules!
An excellent article by former supporter of evo: Alvaro Puente for El Deber. Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Me personally had always expected that from evo, I saw him when he was dealing with us in alternative development … I have seen his actions, I knew what to expect from him and of course, I was extremely…
Lava Jato in Bolivia: Boon or Bane for Evo Morales?
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Will an inquiry into Bolivia’s potential ties to the massive Lava Jato bribery scandal help Evo Morales, or derail his bid for a fourth presidential term? Next month, Bolivian lawmakers will issue a much-anticipated report on the country’s ties to the massive Lava Jato (Operation Carwash) bribery scandal. When President Evo Morales…
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