Jonathan Reynolds, Mongabay: Why has deforestation reached record levels in Bolivia? (commentary) In both national and multilateral fora, Bolivia is increasingly showing its reluctance to curb deforestation. President Luis Arce, soon to be entering the penultimate year of his term, has built up a poor environmental record, supporting the unbridled growth of a largely extractive economy,…
How long will we have to put up with Luis Arce’s speeches? | ¿Hasta cuándo tendremos que aguantar los discursos de Luis Arce?
Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: Luis Arce’s speech this past Wednesday, November 8, confirms that the president lives on another planet. Nothing he said in his hour-long rant even remotely resembles the reality that Bolivians face every day. The president insists that “we are on the right track” when shortages, queues, lack of dollars, informality and…
Hundreds of protesters take to the streets of the country against forest fires and environmental pollution | Cientos de manifestantes toman las calles del país contra los incendios forestales y la contaminación ambiental
Lourdes Molina, El Deber: This Monday there were several marches in different regions of the country “Without forests there is no water, there is no life, there is nothing,” read one of the signs of the protesters who participated in the national march for forests and water, which they called a few days ago and…
The environmental disaster that plagues the country | El desastre medioambiental que azota al país
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Bolivia faces a set of severe problems whose impact and significance exceed those of the political, economic and energy crises. These are environmental disasters that are causing a debacle in several regions of the country, threatening food security, and are aggravated by the absence of serious and effective initiatives to control their…
Day of Democratic Reaffirmation | Día de la Reafirmación Democrática
El Diario: Four years after Morales’ resignation Conade and platforms remember the Day of Democratic Reaffirmation Population mobilized after electoral fraud, 2019. Remembering that in 2019, the government of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) attempted to impose its will on the entire Bolivian society, through the cult of personality, establishing a corporate-based totalitarian regime, under…
Collapsed ecosystem in Bolivia | Ecosistema colapsado en Bolivia
El Diario: El deterioro ambiental preocupa en el país, ya que el aire y el agua están contaminados, como consecuencia de los incendios provocados y la minería ilegal. Due to fires and mining The climatological impacts that the country faces can hardly be ignored when living with the dense smoke due to the fires that…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 