El Diario: Alternative project that unites Trinidad and Cochabamba without going through the Tipnis. Proyecto alternativo que une Trinidad y Cochabamba sin pasar por el Tipnis. Foto: BD Beni projects a highway through the Andean zone without crossing the Tipnis The Beni Governorate approved a departmental decree for the construction of the Trinidad-Cochabamba highway that…
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2023 TIPNIS: In peril! – ¡En peligro!
El Deber: Mayors of Tipnis reject the construction of the Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos highway The resolving vote of the 39th Meeting of Corregidores del Tipnis, held in the community of San José de Angosta on March 8, 9 and 10, had representatives of 53 indigenous communities, representing the 74 existing ones….
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
Chinese companies entered to loot gold and more than 100 protected areas were auctioned | Empresas chinas ingresaron a saquear oro y se subastaron más de 100 áreas protegidas
El Diario: El representante de la Contiocap, Álex Villca. Asserts indigenous leader Álex Villca In response to the President, Luis Arce Catacora, who affirmed that sovereignty over natural resources was recovered during the Plurinational State, the indigenous leader Álex Villa rejected the official discourse and denounced that it was from the new Political Constitution of…
“They are contaminating us with mercury and destroying our crops” | “Nos están contaminando con mercurio y destruyendo nuestros cultivos”
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: “They are contaminating us with mercury and destroying our crops,” denounces indigenous leader The testimony corresponds to Jorge Chamaro, secretary of land and territory of the Indigenous Central of the Amazon Region of Bolivia (Cirabo), a region affected by the illegal exploitation of gold The arrest of 13 people accused of…
Environmental damage caused by encroachers – Daño medioambiental producido por avasalladores
Lourdes Molina, El Deber: Justice prohibits settlement in the Lomas de Arena aquifer and recognizes the environmental damage caused by the encroachers Representatives of the Departmental Legislative Assembly (ALD) revealed that by constitutional means they granted protection of rights to the environment and water, within the framework of the class action filed The Departmental Legislative…
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