From the Chartered Institute of Building, GCR reports: Bolivia set to become latest member of the nuclear club 5 April 2016 | By David Rogers The government of Bolivia has concluded a $300m deal with Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear engineer, to build a research complex that will lay the technical basis for the country’s future…
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Bolivia’s oil, gas and mining under the spotlight in Thomson Reuters Foundation programme
Bolivia’s oil, gas and mining under the spotlight in Thomson Reuters Foundation programme by Derek Thorne Four investigations by Bolivian journalists have shed new light on the country’s extractives sector – looking at issues including unregulated gold mining and the environmental impact of oil wells in the rainforest. The stories were produced as part of…
Bolivia to take water dispute with Chile to UN court
BBC News reports: Bolivia to take water dispute with Chile to UN court Bolivian President Evo Morales has said his country will file a suit against Chile over a water dispute at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Bolivia says it owns the Silala spring in a border region and that it is not being…
Mystery after over a tonne of dead fish wash up on shores of Bolivian lake
Reuters reports for The Telegraph: Mystery after over a tonne of dead fish wash up on shores of Bolivian lake Thousands of small sardine-like fish have been found dead in lake Allay, but no one is completely sure what caused oxygen levels in the lake to drop so dramatically. Thousands of dead fish have washed…
Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom
Reuters reports through Yahoo news: Bolivia agrees $300 million nuclear complex with Russia’s Rosatom LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia and Russia’s state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom said on Sunday they had signed a provisional agreement for the construction of $300 million nuclear complex in the Andean nation. Under the terms of the accord, which needs…
Solid reasons to oppose Dakar happening in Bolivia, NO more!
A great awaited Editorial from Pagina Siete: Reasons to oppose Dakar These days concludes the 2016 Dakar Rally in Argentina, where it arrived last weekend, the winners will be announced and there will be assessment of the success of this competition … the success of the participants, because, as it has been established in the…
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