Luis Antezana, El Diario: Indigenous people own less land now than before The amount of land that peasants and indigenous people have is now less than what they owned before the application of the new agrarian legislation INRA, dictated by the government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and prolonged in its validity by the Agrarian…
Tag: environmental damage
Government corruption – Corrupción gubernamental
Editorial, Página Siete: In high places as in the underworld It is not common for a minister to fall red-handed. In general, corruption in political spheres is white collar, difficult to track and with the use of straw owners, emissaries, third parties or bribery collectors. Not for that it is better. All corruption is harmful…
Bolivian lake becomes an arid, trash-covered wasteland
Gabriel Romano, La Prensa Latina: Oruro, Bolivia, Apr 1 (efe-epa).- Gazing at Lake Uru Uru in the southwestern Bolivian province of Oruro, the thought occurs that no amount of effort would be sufficient to reverse the environmental degradation which has left 90 percent of the lake bed a dried-up waste piled high with plastic and…
Who governs Bolivia? – ¿Quién gobierna Bolivia?
Editorial, El Deber: La Chiquitania on the way to becoming another Chapare The Chiquitania is at risk. The protected area of Bajo Paraguá, which belongs to the municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco, has been crossed by clearings, trails and gaps, one of them 8 kilometers long and 12 meters wide, and in the area…
Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors
AFP, The Hindu: Authorities believe the birds were poisoned, possibly several days ago, though it is not clear if the species had been targeted. Bolivian environmental authorities on Sunday announced an investigation into the apparent poisoning of 35 Andean condors in a rural community, one of the most devastating such cases for the endangered species….
San Matias: en peligro – in peril
Editorial, El Deber: Mining operation in protected area Since the arrival of President Luis Arce Catacora, the Bolivian system of protected areas and forests has been suffering severe blows, due to the deinstitutionalization of the positions of the entities that have under their control this important natural wealth of the country. To this is added…
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