El Diario: El gobernador Luis Fernando Camacho agradeció la asistencia de la ciudadanía e insistió que hay una persecución contra quienes lideraron el paro. | Governor Luis Fernando Camacho thanked the citizens for their assistance and insisted that there is persecution against those who led the strike. March of the Interinstitutional Committee The “Great March…
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While gov seeks support from miners, fails to control mercury pollution – Mientras el gobierno busca el apoyo de los mineros, no logra controlar la contaminación por mercurio
Thomas Graham, Yale School of the Environment: In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining A boom in small-scale gold mining in Bolivia has raised concerns about pollution from mercury used in the mining process. Researchers are citing the health impacts on downstream villages, but the government has yet to act to…
Undeniable and ruthless political persecution | Innegable y despiadada persecución política
Diego Seas, El Deber: Calvo: “I do not regret facing the civic role, although the human cost has been my family and losing all my sources of employment” The civic leader spoke with EL DEBER in an extensive interview where he referred to his health, the pain of losing his job after 17 years. But…
Learnings for the next battle | Aprendizajes para la próxima batalla
Editorial, El Deber: Santa Cruz has not yet finished getting back on its feet after its longest battle in democracy, which made Cruceños hold their breath for 36 and a half days, and the topic of conversation for the whole week will still be the days and nights of the rotonda, when in other conditions…
What is the masismo now? | ¿Qué es el masismo ahora?
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: Fraud or death In the course of the current conflict, what the MAS has shown in all its tendencies is that its leaders recognize that without electoral fraud, the party could not exist. The tendencies of the party maintain their furious differences only to the point where the subsistence of fraud…
SANTA CRUZ: Towards self-determination | Hacía la autodeterminación
Juan Carlos Fortún, El Deber: Commission of notables will work on a critical path towards self-determination The commission of notables will be formed next week, according to the announcement by the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho. Analysts indicated that one of its goals is the deepening of departmental autonomy The constitutional commission, made…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 