Susana Seleme writes in Eju.tv: The failed Bolivian ‘model’ “The world is a round mass that ferments. Ferments through oil … Ferments through gases. Ferment through the web. But there is an ingredient that is faster than the others and everyone wants. And it’s the coca. That plant that crosses the Atlantic like an elastic…
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Narcotrafficking 101 in a Bolivia under evo …
An striking editorial from El Deber, picture at the bottom is what any google search shows when we look for cocaine in Bolivia: The fight against drug trafficking An ambush of Umopar policemen in Chapare, carried out by cocaleros of a union in alliance with drug traffickers, has been one of the most disturbing news…
The controversial referendum to revive Bolivia’s Rositas dam
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: China’s loans/investments/contracts in Bolivia are tainted with the obscure relationship the Chinese had with evo, the autocrat. Beginning with the Zapata affaire, the numerous cases of Bolivian personnel being mistreated by Chinese supervisors, the atrocious effect on our biodiversity and wildlife, like the illegal hunting of Bolivian Jaguars for their fangs, the…
Endangered armadillos are being turned into carnival rattles
Rachel Fobar reports for National Geographic: Researchers worry that Andean hairy armadillos, poached in Bolivia and largely ignored by conservationists, may be headed toward extinction. Trudging along to a slow, mournful song, more than a thousand dancers in elaborate costumes fill the streets for the Bolivian Carnival of Oruro. As the procession advances, the dancers…
Urus offer crafts to support families
El Diario reports: Creative works The frost, the overflow of the Lauca River and the evaporation of Lake Poopó left the inhabitants of the arid land without food Urus crafts women expose and sell their works of art until today in the artist’s house. The Urus de Chipaya, Llapallapani and Tinta…
Road advances affecting indigenous peoples of Tipnis
A necessary Editorial from El Diario: Indigenous peoples living in the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (Tipnis) are concerned that the construction of the San Ignacio de Moxos-Villa Tunari highway continues, including with the construction of bridges; they add that these works seriously harm them and that 65 populations will be affected not…
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