El Diario reports: Bolivia was filled with used cars According to the Single Register for Municipal Tax Administration (RUAT) and the National Statistics Institute (INE), in 2013, the Bolivian fleet had a record of 1,326,833 vehicles, up by 9.95% than in 2012, when it reached 1,206,751 vehicles. Other official figures show that the national fleet…
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Will Bolivia’s Lifeless Lake Poopo Ever Return?
Dimitri O’Donnell reports for teleSUR: Will Bolivia’s Lifeless Lake Poopo Ever Return? It was once Bolivia’s second biggest lake but climate change and industrial negligence has left it desertified. Bolivian’s fear this latest setback could be permanent. A two-hour drive from the western Bolivian city of Oruro takes you to a series of beaten off-road…
Illegal trade in timber is unstoppable
A sad but true Editorial from El Diario: Illegal trade in timber is unstoppable The felling of trees in forests and jungles of the country goes back many decades; but in recent times this type of drain to our timber wealth grew, no one put a stop to the action of irresponsible people who, even…
Lake Poopo, Bolivia’s 2nd-largest lake, dries up
From Reuters for CBC news: Lake Poopo, Bolivia’s 2nd-largest lake, dries up Climate change has boosted temperatures, tripling evaporation Thomson Reuters Posted: Dec 18, 2015 10:24 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 18, 2015 1:27 PM ET [To watch the video, please use the link at the bottom, thank you.] What happens when a lake dries…
The destruction of Santa Cruz forest sector
Jimmy Ortiz writes in El Diario: The destruction of Santa Cruz forest sector The exaggerated political and racial ideology of the government has achieved its goal: the destruction of our forest sector. For the Bolivian populism, they are toads from another lagoon, represent the exact opposite of its multinational ideal, they are entrepreneurs and cruceños…
This is the legacy of the Bolivian coca-grower president
The self-appointed defender of Mother Nature and total ruler of all State powers in Bolivia, for the last ten years has done NOTHING to mitigate the horrendous crime with the Poopo Lake. The following cartoons published on 12/16/2015 explain our frustration and outrage! This is from Pagina Siete: This is from El Deber: And this…
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