Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: The company considers that the lack of access to the sea may increase the costs of lithium and points out that the country must promote industrialization and, at the same time, redevelop the hydrocarbon sector. The Lithium Carbonate Industrial Plant inaugurated in December 2023, in Colcha K. Photo: MHE. While…
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El gobierno engaña con el etanol | Gov misleads w ethanol
¿Qué sucederá en Bolivia, que ha permitido que miles de vehículos considerados chatarra en sus países de origen y contrabandeados aquí, como un movimiento demagógico para apaciguar a la población? ¿Es este otro intento de desviar la atención sobre lo mal que van realmente nuestro sistema judicial, nuestra democracia y nuestra situación económica? En cualquier…
Gold, Mercury, and Deforestation | Oro, mercurio y deforestación
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…
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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 