Los Tiempos: They find a plane loaded with 270 packages of cocaine in Villa Tunari The Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the discovery of a small plane in the vicinity of the Senda Nueva union in the municipality of Villa Tunari, inside which there were 270 packages of cocaine arranged in nine jute bags, which were…
Tag: environmental damage
Yareta (Azorella compacta)
Máximo Liberman, Página Siete: Yareta, the extraordinary survivor of the Andes Its resin is used in traditional cough medicines and as an antimicrobial; its overexploitation marks it as an endangered species in the Red Book of Endangered Flora of Bolivia. The yareta or llareta, whose scientific name is Azorella compacta, belongs to the Apiaceae family;…
Madidi mining invasion! – ¡Invasión minera al Madidi!
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: A dredge boat at work outside of Madidi National Park. Photo by Maxwell Radwin Un barco de dragado en el trabajo fuera del Parque Nacional Madidi. Foto de Maxwell Radwin Shady contracts, backdoor deals spur illegal gold mining in Bolivian Amazon LA PAZ — Gold is Bolivia’s second-biggest export, valued at more than $1…
Masista contempt for our environment – El desprecio masista para nuestro medioambiente
Editorial, Página Siete: Un-protected areas The government of Luis Arce has recently signed a controversial agreement with the Regional Federation of Gold Mining Cooperatives of the North of La Paz (Fecoman), in which both agree to continue the procedures for the exploitation of gold in the protected areas of Madidi, Cotapata and Apolobamba. The agreement…
Not like that Mennonites, not like that! – ¡Así no menonitas, así no!
Mongabay Latam – Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Bolivia: indigenous territories cornered by the agricultural expansion of a Mennonite community The incursion of Mennonites is reaching an intangible indigenous territory, which is San Antonio de Lomerío, the first indigenous municipality in Bolivia. The Global Forest Watch platform has detected more than 42 thousand deforestation alerts…
The last eight fish of Lake Poopó – Los últimos ocho pescados del lago Poopó
Jose Pablo Criales, Opinion: The second largest lake in Bolivia made headlines in 2015 because it completely dried up. A good rainy season has returned the water to their basins, but rising temperatures, mining pollution and the diversion of their rivers threaten the lives of their people forever. Brake! –Cristina Mamani suddenly shouts– Stop, we…
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