Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: ‘They lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more Locals blame coca interests for the state’s broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous people. When Ovidio Teco’s Amazon homeland was declared “untouchable” by the Bolivian government in 2011, his war…
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Bolivian politics 101: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime They say that the manifesto is not limited to promoting a change of government, but “a change of regime”. More than 180 personalities signed the Agenda 21F, which was presented yesterday. This document proposes a set of reforms and policies…
Bolivian Economics 101: Pretentious debate for a real crisis
A remarkable Editorial from El Diario: Pretentious debate for a real crisis A controversy of intensity between state officials and private sector economists has come in recent weeks over whether the national economy is undergoing recession or slowdown, a debate that did not reach results that satisfy the public. Likewise, a similar debate has been…
Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest
Committee to Protect Journalists reports: Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest Bogotá, September 5, 2017–Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police detained Agustín Aldo Mamani,…
The pitiful excuse of the “I didn’t know” is no longer viable for the ego…
This cartoon is from Página Siete (09/02/2017): The egomaniac who functions as Bolivian president has lost credibility! One of his main excuses was to claim he didn’t know of an issue, to avoid accountability, well, thank God most Bolivians have started to understand his real motives, the hard way … Let’s not forget that labor…
Climate Change Is Making This Bolivian Village a Ghost Town
Ben Walker reports for Inside Climate News: Climate Change Is Making This Bolivian Village a Ghost Town Two years of drought and rising temperatures dried up the river and quinoa fields, pushing a wave of migration to cities as people searched for work. SANTIAGO K, Bolivia — Someone’s nearly always lived in Santiago K. Cupped…
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