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Forest floor scattered with ash and dead animals as Bolivia battles its own vast Amazon fires

Euronews reports, to watch video, please click the image: Ash has replaced leaves and dead animals scatter the charred earth in this area of the Andean country near its border with Paraguay. A nearly blind, little armadillo scurries through the charred remains of its forest home before being scooped up by local veterinarian, Jerjes Suarez….

Burning of the autonomy of Santa Cruz

Ricardo Calla writes in Pagina Siete: It is already clear that if the regime of Evo Morales manages to extend itself in the governmental command through the elections of October 20 of this year, what will come next is the definitive liquidation of the autonomous project of Santa Cruz that, with all its limitations, until…

Ecocide, Environmental Crimes and Political Responsibilities

Arturo Yañez writes in El Dia, pictures from the internet: Although keyboards are being spent on the subject, it is impossible to skip addressing it. We Bolivians are very emptied with the environmental disaster of our Chiquitanía: more than 500 thousand hectares destroyed, families, flora and fauna devastated. The reaction of the regime – arrogant…

On the razor’s edge

Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet: The fate of the country is, at the present time, in a delicate situation in which its destiny will be inclined to progress or backwardness. The objective conditions of that reality have been laid bare in the electoral stage that is under development, amid contradictory conditions. The…

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It will take two centuries to reverse the destruction to Bolivia’s landscape

Vaishnavi Behl reports for Condé Nast Traveler: As Amazon burns, another disaster is unfolding in Bolivia With the world’s attention turned towards Brazil’s blazing Amazon, forests in neighbouring Bolivia are silently burning. One million hectares of forest land have been destroyed, largely due to uncontrolled slash-and-burn farming. Per experts, more than two years’ worth of damage…