El Diario: Opposition question proliferation of crops After the discovery of coca plantations in the Amboró National Park, opposition legislators stated that the production of the leaf “has already gone out of control,” for which they blamed the government of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) for promoting surplus plantations. destined for drug trafficking. The head…
Scariest places on Earth: North Yungas Road, Bolivia | Los lugares más aterradores de la Tierra: Camino a los Yungas del Norte, Bolivia
List Wire, Yahoo Sports: By Richard Suter: You drive. It’s 12 feet wide, at best, and descends nearly 12,000 feet in just over 40 miles, winding through the Amazon rainforest with a lack of guardrails and an even more significant absence of visibility due to fog and misty conditions. When considering all of that, there’s…
Neither coke nor soy. The forest is not touched | Ni coca ni soya. El bosque no se toca
H.C.F. Mansilla, Los Tiempos: This slogan, chanted in a modest public demonstration on October 25, 2023 by urban youth groups, represents one of the few testimonies of sociopolitical rationality that has been heard in recent times. The expression refers equally to traditional peasant groups and modern private entrepreneurs as those responsible for forest fires. Irrationality—the…
Would Petrobras risk to invest with the masismo? | ¿Se arriesgaría Petrobras a invertir con el masismo?
Reuters: Brazil’s Petrobras says no deal for fertilizer plant in Bolivia SAO PAULO, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) said on Thursday it has not reached any deal with Bolivia’s YPFB on potentially building a new fertilizer plant in the neighboring country. The statement in a securities filing comes a day…
Who defends Bolivia? | ¿Quién defiende a Bolivia?
Editorial, El Deber: Several million inhabitants are literally suffocated by the smoke that invades the country. The fire spreads in five departments and Bolivia occupies second place with the highest number of heat sources, just as it is on the podium for poor quality air to breathe. It is the worst moment in history in…
Blazes and drought | Incendios y sequía
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In the last four years, forest fires devastated more than 18.6 million hectares. The good news is that so far in 2023 the fire has destroyed a smaller area than those devastated in the last four years (one million hectares versus 5.7 million in 2019). The bad news is that forest fires…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 