Erbol, Correo del Sur: In the letter sent to the President they cite the case of two park rangers prosecuted for a criminal action brought about by a cooperative miner who was prevented from entering a protected area to exploit gold In a letter addressed to President Luis Arce, the park rangers of protected areas…
The Man-Eating Mountain | La montaña devoradora de hombres
Lifestyle Desk, News18: Why Bolivia’s Cerro Rico Is Called The Man-Eating Mountain Cooperativa Minera Compotosi Ltda, a labour movement continues to pressure the government to improve the safety standards here. Mining in Bolivia has played a crucial role in the country’s economic and political landscape since the 16th century, with silver extraction from the Cerro…
Record levels in deforestation | Niveles récord de deforestación
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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 