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…
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Central government denies reality – Gobierno central niega la realidad
Editorial, El Deber: Clean up the economy Time passes and cycles run out. The worst thing is to cling to what was without accepting that reality is now different. Eleven years ago, in 2014, the Bolivian economy was buoyant, revenues from gas exports poured in non-stop, and government spokesmen claimed that the economic model was…
United front to recapture our Bolivia | Frente unido para recuperar nuestra Bolivia
El Diario: Manuel Morales (Conade) There is optimism in Conade for the formation of a united front Noting that up to now no objections have been raised by political, civic and citizen organizations, at the national level, to be part of a single bloc that will face the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in upcoming electoral…
The fury of Evismo for a chair – La furia del evismo por una silla
Editorial, Página Siete: After Martín Choque removed the chair in which Evo Morales was going to sit on the stage, Evism has shown what it is made of: intolerance, violence, persecution, resentment, revenge and irrationality. Martín Choque was the secretary of culture of the Uncía Mayor’s Office, but last week he was forced to resign,…
THE solution – LA solución
Bolivian Thoughts opinion | Opinión de Bolivian Thoughts Bolivia needs to clean house We need a Unique Alliance, we need to rearrange the house: Bolivia necesita limpiar la casa Necesitamos una Alianza Única, necesitamos reordenar la casa: @AgustinZambrana @AlfonsoGumucio @BrujulaNoticias @ErbolDigital @CFValverde @CabildeoDigital @lemavirginio @MarZel65 @noticiasfides @grupoeldeber @correodelsurcom @soyfdelrincon @entrammbasaguas @ReutersLatam @bbcmundo @nytimes @washingtonpost @maggytalavera…
Evo Morales is a figure that citizens reject – Evo Morales es una figura que la ciudadanía rechaza
El Diario: Civic acts in the city of El Alto. | Actos cívicos en la ciudad de El Alto. Persona non grata in El Alto After the declaration of Evo Morales as persona non grata in the city of El Alto, by leaders of the Regional Workers Union (COR), opposition parliamentarians assured that it is…
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