Bolivia wildfires torch two million hectares since August

AFP reports for The Economic Times: 1/5 Devastating wildfires in Bolivia Wildfires in Bolivia have torched two million hectares (4.9 million acres) of forest and grassland since August, including some environmentally protected areas, officials said Monday. One cabinet minister decried the “macabre game” of fires being put out, then reset behind the backs of firefighters…

As Bolivian forests burn, Evo’s bet on Big Farming comes under fire

Reuters report for Channel News Asia: SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA/LA PAZ, Bolivia: In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China. An elaborate…

Fire uncovered land division in Chiquitania

El Diario reports: Assigned for intercultural settlements National Unit regretted that the Government has not identified those responsible for the transfer of coca growers and intercultural for the slash-and-burn that led to the biggest ecological disaster in Santa Cruz Communities received resolutions approving settlements from INRA until March, although the institution denied that permits have…

Devastating fires in Bolivia: A political tool

Carlos Guzman reports for Open Democracy: Uncontrolled fires linked to agricultural expansions are being used as a political tool during this election year in Bolivia and are causing catastrophic consequences. Español. 28 August 2019, Bolivia, Santa Rosa de Tucabaca: The Chiquitania forest on fire. | Photo: Gaston Brito/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved. The fires in the lowlands of…

evo promotes bullying instead of debate of ideas, what a lousy jerk!

El Diario reports: In Potosí Mesa denounces “bullying” of the MAS CARLOS MESA, CITIZEN COMMUNITY CANDIDATE WAS THE LAST DAYS IN POTOSÍ. Carlos Mesa denounced yesterday that a group of clash of militants of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) committed provocations, in the style of bullying, against followers of the Citizen Community (CC) in the…