Pagina Siete: Before Arce’s third snub, the march activates its Parliament Marchers who walked for 37 days affirm that they will not humiliate themselves before the Government and that they will apply their autonomy through the Indigenous Parliament. For the third time in eight days, President Luis Arce snubbed the XI Indigenous March in Santa…
Contaminación del río Tuichi – Madidi – Contamination of the Tuichi River
Brujula Digital, Los Tiempos: WCS alerts contamination of the Tuichi River due to mining activity within the Madidi Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) through its deputy director of the Great Madidi Landscape Conservation Program and coordinator of the Interinstitutional Group for Responsible Gold (GIT-OR), Óscar Loayza, warns of the mining contamination of the Tuichi River, which…
Distribución individual de la tierra – Individual land distribution
Pagina Siete: Anapo proposes individual land distribution The National Association of Oilseed Producers (Anapo) asked the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA) to act with the eviction of overwhelming people in productive properties and suggests that the land be distributed not only to communities, but also individually. The president of Anapo, Fidel Flores, read a statement…
Bolivia opposition call march to demand release of ex-president – Oposición boliviana convoca marcha para exigir liberación de la expresidente
AFP, France24: La oposición boliviana ha convocado manifestaciones contra el presidente de izquierda Luis Arce para exigir la liberación de la exjefa de Estado Jeanine Añez y el fin de la “persecución política”. El poderoso Comité Cívico de Santa Cruz, un movimiento regional de líderes empresariales y organizaciones sociales, convocó a una “gran marcha” el…
Bolivia: Levanta pañuelos para celebrar el Día de la Cueca – Raises handkerchiefs to celebrate Cueca Day
This dance dates from the 18th century and its date was celebrated in different plazas nationwide, such as every first Sunday in October. This day the country raised the handkerchiefs to celebrate the festive date in compliance with Law 764 promulgated on November 30, 2015, which provides that the first Sunday of October is celebrated…
De mal en peor – From bad to worse
Los Tiempos: Downgrading of Bolivia’s outlook makes access to foreign credit difficult The international rating agency Moody’s Investors Service changed the outlook on the Bolivian government’s ratings from stable to negative, a situation that reflects a risk outlook of a weakening of the country’s sovereign credit profile. Moodys’s observed that Bolivia has a significant fiscal…
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