By Jorge Inostrosa: When Colonel Sotomayor crossed the Loa River to officially take possession of the town, he encountered a group of soldiers beyond the Topáter ford surrounding a fallen body on the road. Fearing it was the corpse of one of his officers covered by a cloak, the colonel quickly dismounted. Lieutenant Abaroa had…
Agustín Zambrana: “We Are Not Ruling Out Any Measures; Many Want Us to Stop Everything” | Agustín Zambrana: “No descartamos ninguna medida, muchos quieren que paremos todos”
By Esmir Cortez Becerra, El Deber: Agustín Zambrana, First Vice President of the Comité Pro Santa Cruz. Photo: Ricardo Montero The First Vice President of the Comité Pro Santa Cruz, Agustín Zambrana, has confirmed a protest march scheduled for Monday, March 24, in response to Bolivia’s ongoing crisis. “Bolivia has collapsed economically and politically,” Zambrana…
Glaciares con tiempo prestado: Capturando datos del hielo que desaparece | Glaciers on Borrowed Time: Capturing Data from Vanishing Ice
Por International Atomic Energy Agency: Glaciares con tiempo prestado: Capturando datos del hielo que desaparece en Bolivia Cada año, el glaciar Huayna Potosí en Bolivia continúa adelgazándose y retrocediendo cuesta arriba. Con el apoyo de la FAO y el OIEA a través del Centro Conjunto FAO/OIEA y el programa de cooperación técnica del OIEA, los…
Overcoming fuel shortages | Para superar desabastecimiento de combustibles
By El Diario: Jubileo proposes four actions to overcome shortages The Jubileo Foundation proposed reducing public spending, adjusting the exchange rate, removing subsidies, and freeing the importation and commercialization of goods, with the aim of overcoming the fuel shortages that continue to affect the country. Jubileo also addressed the macroeconomic imbalances created by the government…
Llallagua: “There is no lake anymore, it’s a canyon” | «Ya no hay el lago, es un cañón»
By Eju.tv: “There is no lake anymore, it’s a canyon”: The contaminated lagoon in Llallagua that caused the deadly mudslide has disappeared Despite several days having passed since the emergency, mud continues to slide down from the upper part of the Catavi District. The disaster left two dead and 47 homes buried under the mud….
Community members contaminated with arsenic, lead, and mercury will make their voices heard in the Legislature | Comunarios contaminados con arsénico, plomo y mercurio se harán escuchar en el Legislativo
By Vision 360: Mining contamination Three Indigenous organizations from Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí will arrive in La Paz this Friday to participate in a public hearing at the ALP. They will denounce the contamination affecting their residents as a consequence of mining. A highland resident undergoes an analysis to measure mercury damage. PHOTO: Cenda…
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