By El Diario: A sustained increase in tourism activity in the Salar de Uyuni can be more productive and boost economic movement by generating higher revenues than lithium extraction. The director of Probioma, Miguel Crespo, stated that tourism in Uyuni alone could bring over $2.2 billion annually into the country, creating jobs, foreign currency inflows,…
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An Indigenous man from the Leco People is murdered in Madidi, and land and illegal mining mafias are blamed for the act | Asesinan a un indígena del Pueblo Leco en el Madidi y culpan del hecho a las mafias de la tierra y de la minería ilegal
By Mery Vaca, Sumando Voces, Brújula Digital: Dionicio Gutiérrez, great captain of the Indigenous Originary Territory (TCO) of the Leco People, reported that Francisco Marupa’s body was found in his chaco this Friday morning The CPILAP leadership coordinates investigative actions with the Police and the Naval Base in San Buenaventura. Photo: CPILAP “They didn’t just…
Jeanine: 3 years and 11 months in captivity | Jeanine: 3 años y 11 meses de cautiverio
By Gabriela Ichaso Elcuaz, Eju.tv: On March 13, Jeanine Añez will mark four years since her abduction and deprivation of liberty, orchestrated by the elite of the Movimiento Al Socialismo and the government of Luis Arce Catacora. The Year of the Republic’s Bicentennial will mark the shameful milestone of the planned and executed imprisonment of…
Santa Cruz, coveted in its bicentennial | Santa Cruz, codiciado en su bicentenario
By EDWIN CACHO HERRERA SALINAS, Los Tiempos: Jorge Tuto Quiroga has so far brought together Rubén Costas’ Demócratas, Gary Áñez’s citizen movement, Unidos led by Germain Caballero, as well as Desiré Bravo, Tomás Monasterio, and a faction of ADN. These are political organizations and leaderships from Santa Cruz, the most coveted department in this electoral…
The Mutún Iron Smelting Plant Remains Just a Promise | La fundición de hierro del Mutún es solo promesa
Editorial, El Diario: The so-called industrialization of the country, loudly proclaimed since 2006, is an affair worthy of public attention due to the scandalous failure it led to. This, after the MAS regime claimed it would be one of the pillars of the economy of the Plurinational State—along with other niceties from the “first indigenous…
Lithium: Third Stage | Litio: tercera etapa
By Juan Jose Toro, Vision 360: While all attempts to exploit Bolivian lithium have failed, Australia, Argentina, and Chile, which have smaller salt flats, have taken the lead. A wave of protests has erupted in different parts of the country against the contracts that the central government has signed with two foreign companies for the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 