Lupe Cajias, Los Tiempos: “Once upon a man stuck to a nose” “Once upon a man with a glued nose, once upon a superlative nose, once upon an executioner and writer nose, once upon a very bearded swordfish. Once upon a time there was an ill-faced sundial, once upon a thoughtful Altar, there was an…
Ancient Amazonian Farmers Fortified Valuable Fertile Land
Heritage Daily: Ancient Amazonian communities fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict, excavations show. Farmers in Bolivia constructed wooden defences around previously nutrient-poor tropical soils they had enriched over generations to keep them safe during times of social unrest. These long-term soil management strategies allowed Amazonians to grow…
Coacción – Coercion
Editorial, Pagina Siete: Arce’s coercion of voters President Luis Arce travels the country coercing voters to vote for MAS candidates on the grounds that this will allow him to better coordinate the works and even the distribution of vaccines. Former President Evo Morales had us used to electoral speeches of this type, but Arce was…
Bodies again pile up in Bolivia as Latin America endures a long, deadly coronavirus wave.
The New York Times: In Bolivia, bodies are piling up at homes and on the streets again, echoing the horrific images of last summer, when a deadly surge in coronavirus infections overwhelmed the country’s fragile medical system. The Bolivian police say that in January they recovered 170 bodies of people thought to have died from Covid-19,…
Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors
AFP, The Hindu: Authorities believe the birds were poisoned, possibly several days ago, though it is not clear if the species had been targeted. Bolivian environmental authorities on Sunday announced an investigation into the apparent poisoning of 35 Andean condors in a rural community, one of the most devastating such cases for the endangered species….
Empleos – Jobs
Editorial, El Diario: Sources of employment for the working class The offer to create new sources of employment and employ numerous unemployed youth and women who join the country’s productive apparatus every year was one of the main points of the government programs of the political parties that participated in the national elections of the…
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