Jimmy Ortiz writes in El Diario: The destruction of Santa Cruz forest sector The exaggerated political and racial ideology of the government has achieved its goal: the destruction of our forest sector. For the Bolivian populism, they are toads from another lagoon, represent the exact opposite of its multinational ideal, they are entrepreneurs and cruceños…
Tag: demagogue
This is the legacy of the Bolivian coca-grower president
The self-appointed defender of Mother Nature and total ruler of all State powers in Bolivia, for the last ten years has done NOTHING to mitigate the horrendous crime with the Poopo Lake. The following cartoons published on 12/16/2015 explain our frustration and outrage! This is from Pagina Siete: This is from El Deber: And this…
Bolivia’s “Aral Sea” … WTH?!
Irreversible damage was caused in the second largest lake in Bolivia: the Poopo Lake. it results infuriating to see this kind of damage happening. This will be one of the undeniable “accomplishments” of the Oruro -born president… despite having total control of allState powers, the last ten years only served to watch Poopo lake disappear!o…
Do we really care about the environment?
The anthropocene has set foot and we are still debating and assuming demagogue positions… this cartoon from Los Tiempos makes a great point: The kid says: “hey Nicola, the “extractivism” doesn’t go against Mother Nature?” Nicola, the dog, replies: “it depends kid, from the mouth of a capitalist is a crime against Mother Nature [pachamama],…
Bolivia’s Coca Dilemma
Al-Jazeera reports: Snow of the Andes: Bolivia’s Coca Dilemma Bolivia fights to maintain its traditional use of the coca leaf as drug trafficking threatens national customs. Bolivia is the third largest coca and cocaine producer in the world. The country has a long history of using the coca plant for many of its traditional medicines,…
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