CEDIB study, reported in El Diario: Report of Cedib In Bolivia, deforestation reached 350,000 hectares per year • According to the document released by Cedib, Bolivia has the highest level of clearance in relation to global figures. The Center for Documentation and Information Bolivia (Cedib) estimated that Bolivia lost 350,000 hectares of forests annually by…
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The Year’s Biggest Star Wars Rip-Off Is By Bolivia’s President
Jeff John Roberts reports for Fortune: The Year’s Biggest Star Wars Rip-Off Is By Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is running around as a Jedi in a bid to stay in power. When you’re changing the constitution to stay in power, why not tap The Force? That seems to be the thinking behind a bizarre new…
Evo delivers: Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2016
From the USG, regarding Bolivia’s performance under current coca grower leadership… follows excerpts of our “distinguished” contribution to this infamous group of narco traffickers: Presidential Determination — Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2016 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major…
The downfall of a cheap myth: Evo’s Third Inauguration/Nine Years of Paradox in Bolivia
The following is an interesting article regarding the “evolution” of current Bolivian president… but first I would like to say that he just took over the presidency for the third consecutive time, which is at least illegitimate, to say the least. And, most of all as he got more votes than number of people actually…
Bolivia clogs Brazil with cocaine and PF seizes more 700 kilos
From a Brazilian newspaper, Correio do Estado: Bolivia clogs Brazil with cocaine and PF seizes more 700 kilos This is the second largest seizure of drugs, in less than a month in MS. [State of Matto Grosso do Sul] With the wide open border, traffickers in Bolivia are clogging Brazil with cocaine, pouring in the…
Sean Penn punked Ego, a coca grower who’s the occasional president…
Written by Shiryn Ghermezian, from The Algemeiner: Jacob Ostreicher, the Orthodox Jewish American who was held captive in Bolivia for three years, on Sunday revealed details for the first time on how actor Sean Penn helped bring him back to the U.S. last December and personally nursed him to mental and physical health. “I spent…
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