Belen Olmos and Homagni Choudhury write for The Conservation: Bolivia really wants a port (or two) to call its own. For more than a century, the landlocked Latin American country has fought with Chile over sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean and territory that Bolivia lost in a 19th century war with its neighbour. A number of…
Murillo denounces 4 members of the TSE for very serious fault
Erbol reports from El Dia: For endorsing the re-nomination Senator Arturo Murillo filed a complaint in the administrative channel for a very serious fault against the four members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which endorsed the resolution that enabled the re-nomination of Evo Morales. Those denounced are the members María Eugenia Choque, Lucy Cruz,…
Run-Up to the 2019 Bolivian Presidential Elections
Written by State Department , published in the Imperial Valley News, photo from the internet: Washington, DC – The United States joins the European Union in stressing that threats against judges from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal are not conducive to creating the conditions required to hold free and fair elections in 2019. Respect for the…
Bolivia’s Morales ignores unconstitutional accusations in reelection bid
AFP reports for Business Standard, photo from internet: Bolivian President Evo Morales is forging on in his bid to win a fourth term in next year’s elections, despite mounting opposition against a move branded unconstitutional. Morales has been in power since 2006, winning three elections already despite Bolivia’s 2009 constitution, which he himself promulgated, limiting presidents to two…
Deforestation in Bolivia rose 167% according to NASA
El Diario reports: Environmental alarm The country is among the 10 most deforested in the world In 2010 the loss of the forest was 20 times more than the planetary average according to the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation of Germany Data from scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA of…
From Chiquitania to salar, travel for a different end of the year
Pagina Siete reports: Depending on the destination and the activity, packages of about four days cost between 220 and 3,000 bolivianos per person. From the Chiquitania by train to the beauty of the Salar de Uyuni; from the adventure in the Amazon to the joy in the vineyards of Tarija. There are several options to…
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