Monica Briançon, Los Tiempos: Sons of the sewer I was going to title this article “Sons of the great Bolívar”, in homage to the 198 years of the independence of Bolivia, which is celebrated every August 6. But I doubt that the Liberator is proud of his children. So, I prefer to change their name…
Tag: anarchy
Terrorist groups at the service of drug trafficking and smuggling mafias – Grupos terroristas al servicio de las mafias del narcotráfico y del contrabando
Editorial, El Deber: Irregular groups in Bolivia The temptations of Evo Morales are not from now, they come from the beginning of the century. Since then he has threatened the formation of irregular armed groups in the Chapare area and it is possible that these already exist, have military training and are ready to act…
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
Adrift state, there is NO law, there is NO money and not even thinking about management – Estado a la deriva, NO hay ley, NO hay dinero y ni pensar en gestión
El Diario: As a result of exploration and exploitation of gold One dead and 10 injured in clashes in Mapiri The violent confrontations registered yesterday in the town of Mapiri, located in the north of La Paz, between community members of the place and workers of the mining company “La Deseada”, for the exploration and…
They denounce that an armed group has already invaded 8,500 hectares in Guarayos | Denuncian que grupo armado ya invadió 8.500 hectáreas en Guarayos
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Until now, the Police have not evicted the invaders who intend to seize 26,500 hectares in the Guarayos province. The lands were declared fiscally unavailable by INRA. They have already displaced the inhabitants of five communities The same group that invaded lands in Las Londras and kidnapped a group of journalists…
Democracy in peril | Democracia en peligro
Editorial, Página Siete: Huarachi and the 5 thousand miners who did not arrive In the documentary Red November, by the filmmaker Verónica Córdoba, former President Evo Morales and former Vice President Álvaro García Linera maintain that they resigned from their positions to avoid bloodshed because, according to them, on the morning of November 10, 2019,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 