Editorial, El Dia: An outsider looking at Bolivia’s geopolitical makeup would find it unbelievable. The most populous department in the country, the strongest economically, the one that contributes the most in taxes, responsible for a third of the national GDP, producing 70% of the country’s food, the most industrialized, the top exporter, the melting pot…
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Fired for initiating 15 administrative cases against miners who entered the protected area to extract gold | Despedidos por iniciar 15 procesos administrativos en contra de mineros que ingresaron al área protegida a explotar oro
By Sumando Voces; Hortencia Rivera, Eju.tv: Sernap dismissed two rangers from the Manuripi Reserve with 23 and 15 years of service after they initiated 15 cases against miners The head of Natural Resource Protection at the Manuripi Amazon Wildlife Reserve (Pando), Luke López Beyuma, denounced that both he and park ranger Ignacio Huary Palomequi were…
National strike on Feb 10, to repeal the seventh provision on seizures in the Financial Law | Paro nacional el 10 de feb, para derogar la disposición séptima sobre decomisos de la Ley Financial
By Unitel, Eju.tv: Economic sectors confirm 24-hour national strike on February 10 in rejection of seizure provision The decision was made this Thursday after a national meeting in Sucre, in rejection of the transitional provision of the Financial Law, demanding its repeal. Shortly after noon this Thursday, economic sectors confirmed that on February 10 they…
Bolivia’s greatest environmental disaster | El mayor desastre ambiental de Bolivia
By Brujula Digital: An environmental geomatics team establishes that 14 million hectares burned in Bolivia in 2024 The environmental geomatics team confirmed that 14,047,301 hectares burned, reaffirming Tierra’s statement that it was Bolivia’s greatest environmental disaster. Data from the Environmental Geomatics Team. Photo: Sumando Voces An environmental geomatics team, conducting a study using satellite monitoring…
The light is about to go out, and the economy is about to grind to a halt | Se está por apagar la luz y paralizar la economía
By Higinio Flores Alcazar, El Diario: Stopping gas exports to use it in the domestic market is neither a crazy nor rushed idea The time of “lean cows” has arrived after two decades of “living off grandma’s inheritance.” From being exporters of natural gas, we are one step away from becoming importers of the same…
Ingenuamente, el presidente boliviano Luis Arce celebró la firma del contrato con entusiasmo | Naively, the Bolivian president Luis Arce welcomed the signing of the contract
Por Joseph Baselice, FirstOnLine: China también compra el Salar de Uyuni y accede al litio boliviano Pekín está invirtiendo más de $1.000 millones en dos fábricas que se construirán en el mayor (y más alto) salar del mundo, en los Andes: extraerá 35 toneladas de litio por año China lleva años colonizando la mitad del…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 