Editorial, El Deber: It is both paradoxical and tragic. Where large deposits of silver and tin were discovered and exploited, today poor families and decimated communities survive. Where natural gas was discovered and exported, fueling the powerful industries of Brazil and Argentina, there are still regions that have not overcome the most critical levels of…
Tag: environmental damage
Floods wreak havoc in three departments of the country | Riadas causan estragos en tres departamentos del país
El Diario: The rainfall recorded in recent days caused the overflowing of several rivers that severely affected the inhabitants of several municipalities in the departments of La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz, with the city of La Paz being the most affected with the fatal toll of one person deceased and considerable material damage. The…
Environment: five pending measures | Medio Ambiente: cinco medidas pendientes
Tatiana Castro E., Los Tiempos: Urge the Ministry of the Environment to comply with five pending measures Environmentalists see five urgent tasks to be fulfilled by the Ministry of the Environment to mitigate environmental damage in the country: safeguarding protected areas, repealing fire-promoting laws, eradicating illegal mining in the Amazon basin, combating deforestation, and protecting…
Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers | La reserva protegida El Curichi Las Garzas de Bolivia es invadida por usurpadores de tierras
Mongabay: by Nelfi Fernández Reyes on 6 March 2024 | Translated by Hayley Smith Regardless of what satellite images show, inhabitants who have illegally planted crops within the protected area told committee officials that they “take care of Curichi”, because each union member’s rice plots do not exceed three hectares. Behind their crops, a row of trees is…
They describe as “tragic” handing in a Ministry to cooperatives | Califican como “trágica” la entrega de un Ministerio al cooperativismo
After the appointment of Alejandro Santos Laura as the new Minister of Mining and Metallurgy was announced, Cecilia Requena, senator for Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), described it as “tragic” that the Government continues to neglect its duty to preserve protected areas, indigenous territories, forests, and natural resources by handing over this government portfolio to the mining…
Encroachers and Illegal Miners | Avasalladores y mineros ilegales
Tatiana Castro, Los Tiempos: Park Rangers Must Face Harassment from Encroachers and Illegal Miners Park rangers must confront the lack of human resources, adverse working conditions, harassment from encroachers, and judicial harassment in their tasks of protecting the 23 parks and protected areas in Bolivia. They feel defenseless and unauthorized. The vice president of the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 