Editorial, Los Tiempos: Tuto’s document The report that former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga has presented after testifying before the Public Ministry in the “Coup I” case, which consists of 14 pages with incontrovertible evidence, has the virtue of establishing that in November 2019 there was no “coup of State”, as ex-president and coca grower chief…
Environmental deaths that should have been avoided | Muertes ambientales que debieron evitarse
Editorial, Página Siete: The Concepción lagoon, an idyllic place in the Chiquitania of Santa Cruz, has ceased to exist. Had no funeral or death certificate. The Bolivian State let her die with indifference. Ñembi Guasu is a “new” conservation area in the Chaco” (it is three years old) and it is the second in importance,…
Tunupa Volcano, Bolivia
Earth Observatory, NASA: Un astronauta a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS) tomó esta fotografía del volcán Tunupa, que está situado en una península entre dos de las salinas más grandes de Bolivia, el Salar de Uyuni y el Salar de Coipasa. Estas salinas tienen una cubierta de sedimentos y poblaciones microbianas variables, lo…
Imposition, instead of consensus – Imposición, en vez de consenso
Editorial, Página Siete: Although the government of Luis Arce is less strident than that of Evo Morales, both are very similar in the exercise of power. For example, if they do not have a two-thirds majority in the Legislative Assembly to elect high-ranking state officials, they issue decrees for their direct appointment. This mechanism was…
Hay controversia sobre el impacto ambiental en la Reserva de Tariquía por intervención petrolera | There is controversy about the environmental impact in the Tariquía Reserve due to oil intervention
El Deber: The environmentalist of the platform “United for Tariquia, José Humacata says that more than 55% of the protected area will be destroyed at the confluence of important rivers. YPFB Chaco says that the intervention will only be 0.004% YPFB Chaco, a subsidiary of YPFB Corporación, reaffirmed that the intervention in the Astillero oil…
Bolivia: Newly identified waterlily species is world’s largest | La especie de nenúfar recién identificada es la más grande del mundo
Helena Horton, The Guardian: Leaves of species grown at Kew Gardens can reach up to three metres in the wild A giant waterlily grown at Kew Gardens has been named as new to science, in the first discovery of its type in more than a century. Scientists at the south-west London garden suspected for decades…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 