SpaceRef reports: Earth from Space: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia The image shows part of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni – the largest salt flat in the world. Occupying over 10 000 sq km, the vast Salar de Uyuni lies at the southern end of the Altiplano, a high plain of inland drainage in the central Andes….
Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion
Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion Procedure is currently illegal save for cases of rape, incest and health crises, a policy that activists say has encouraged dangerous clandestine abortions. Women’s rights groups in Bolivia hope that an overhaul of the country’s penal code…
Let’s hope this gets implemented: Will prosecute miners operating in Illimani
ANF reports via Pagina Siete: Will prosecute miners operating in Illimani The Minister of Mining and Metallurgy, Cesar Navarro, warned yesterday to confiscate the production, machinery and initiate a criminal process against the mining cooperatives that are operating illegally in the foothills of Illimani. “There are no documents proving the ownership of any private actor…
evo’s divide and conquer strategy to remain in power ad infinitum?!
Throughout Bolivian history, the police and military forces have been key to secure power to ruling parties … The coca grower caudillo’s strategy is no different, he relentlessly wants to remain in power, no matter what … eleven years ago, one of the first things he did was to force two general’s classes to leave…
Corruption Scandal in Bolivia Leads to Termination of US$2 Billion Petrochemical Plant Contract with European Firms
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Corruption Scandal in Bolivia Leads to Termination of US$2 Billion Petrochemical Plant Contract with European Firms A corruption scandal in Bolivia had led President Evo Morales to cancel two petrochemical plant contracts with two European companies. The cancellation of the contract took place amid a complaint by Senator Oscar Ortiz, who accused…
Bolivia to lose $26 million dollars for wood smuggling
El Diario reports: ABT complaint Bolivia to lose $26 million dollars for wood smuggling • Illegal Peruvian traders would be entering up to 20 kilometers of our territory by 53 road points. The Forest and Land Authority (ABT) denounced in a report that at least 2.6 million cubic meters (m3) of Bolivian timber equivalent to…
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