‘Only the rains will stop it’: Bolivia forest fires hit protected areas

by Yvette Sierra Praeli on 7 January 2022 | Translated by Sydney Sims, Mongabay: In the first 10 months of 2021, forest fires in Bolivia razed nearly 2.5 million hectares (6.2 million acres) in the department of Santa Cruz alone, exceeding the figure for the whole of 2020. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s biggest department, 58% of the burned…

Education – Bolivia 101 – Educación

Editorial, Los Tiempos: Education, a health and administrative matter Education in Bolivia is a health, administrative and formalities issue, at least in the public system. In 26 days, about 3 million students start the 2022 school year in the modality defined by their educational unit and the corresponding administrative authorities, according to the circumstances of…

Jukumari – Spectacled bear

Los osos andinos en el bosque seco de Tarija. | Cortesía Los osos andinos en el bosque seco de Tarija. | Cortesía Geraldine Corrales Arandia, Los Tiempos: Wines and honey to support the conservation of the Andean bear Jukumari bear conservation is a job that requires a lot of support across the country. The program…

Galloping corruption – Corrupción galopante

Editorial, El Deber: Your corrupt, my corrupt, our corrupt When talking about corruption, one of the first reactions in the political system is to look at the front side to point the finger, hold those on the opposite side responsible, and come out in defense of their own, as if corruption within the own home…

Bolivian political opposition – La oposición política boliviana

Renzo Abruzzese, PaginaSiete: Opposition parliamentarians In one thing the MAS has been more than efficient, in installing in the public perception the image of an inefficient, maladjusted, inoperative, inept opposition; any negative and denigrating qualifier fits what the ruling party wants to build as the image of the opposition deputies and senators. Under the fascist…