by Yvette Sierra Praeli on 24 March 2020 | Translated by Alexandra Skinner for Mongabay: Nature reserves involving the participation of indigenous communities have developed tourism projects for bird-watching and succeeded in curbing the capture of the red-fronted macaw, a critically endangered species that is often caught up in the illegal wildlife trade. The Bolivian government has been…
Video: Shopkeepers in Bolivia Violating Quarantine Attack Journalists
Frances Martel reports for Breitbart: Shopkeepers at a plaza in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, attacked a team of journalists and kidnapped them on Monday, threatening not to let them out if they did not delete footage of the shopkeepers violating a coronavirus quarantine. Bolivia, like many other countries, has imposed a 14-day lockdown to prevent the spread of…
Coronavirus: British couple stranded in Bolivia say they have been ‘abandoned’ by UK government
Colin Drury reports for the Independent: Pair’s dream gap year trip turns to nightmare as pandemic leaves them trapped in country on brink of violence For three nights now, Harry Guy-Walters and Molly Holmes have lain in bed in an Airbnb in the Bolivian city of La Paz and listened as riots take place outside. “It’s pretty terrifying,” he says….
MORALES’S OUSTER LEAVES BOLIVIA’S ECONOMY IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
By John Manning, International Banker It’s been an eventful last few months for Bolivia, especially since October, when then-President Evo Morales, the country’s leader for more than 13 years, was forced from his position on the back of a disputed election. One of the most economically successful of Latin America’s new crop of leftist leaders who…
Bolivia speeds up its long goodbyes to keep down coronavirus
Monica Machicao reports for Reuters via National Post: LA PAZ — “Visits are suspended until further notice,” says a sign on the gate to a Bolivian cemetery, the latest measure in the country’s battle to contain coronavirus. It is a move that will cause further pain for a people used to wakes attended by large…
War: unity, resilience and creativity – Guerra: unidad, resiliencia y creatividad
Gonzalo Chavez writes in Pagina Siete: War: unity, resilience and creativity A major economic crisis is looming. Black clouds loaded with rays of instability are approaching from the external front. The coronavirus stops the national and world economy in its tracks. The forecast: sharp slowdown in the Bolivian economy and even recession. In domestic politics,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 