El Mundo: The El Choré Forest Production Reserve, created through a Supreme Decree of 1966, for the exclusive use of wood, today is almost non-existent due to deforestation, expansion of the agricultural frontier and encroachments. “Currently in this area there is not a single logging activity, all there is is agriculture and even coca plantations.”…
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Actual administración de justicia | 101 | Current administration of justice
ANF, El Diario: They warn of an “almost criminal and impunity” structure in the administration of justice The vice president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (Apdhb), Yolanda Herrera, asserted that in the entire area of Bolivian justice there is an “almost criminal” structure that violates human rights, where officials are not…
Their imbecility has a name | 🤦🏻♂️ MAS 👎🏽 | Su imbecilidad tiene nombre
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: Are we a South American nuisance? The Movement towards Socialism (MAS) came to Government in 2005 without being sure of achieving it. It was a party of mestizos and indigenous people who, knowing they were strong, did not believe it was possible to gain power by displacing the traditional forces. Evo…
Añez rejects Arce’s criteria regarding respect for democracy in the country | Añez rechaza criterios de Arce sobre el respeto a la democracia en el país
El Diario: They see cynicism in statements Questioning the words of the President of the State, Luis Arce Catacora, who from Chile stated that his government deplores any attitude against democracy, former President Jeanine Añez, reproached the “cynicism” of the authority, recalling that the Movement towards Socialism (MAS ) carried out electoral fraud in 2019,…
Agro giant Cargill tied to deforestation in Bolivia’s Chiquitano forest | El gigante agrícola Cargill está vinculado a la deforestación en el bosque chiquitano de Bolivia
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: by Maxwell Radwin on 11 September 2023 Global food giant Cargill has been tied to the destruction of thousands of hectares of dry tropical forest, which were cleared in eastern Bolivia to make room for soy production. The food distributor purchased soy from farms in the Santa Cruz department where more than 20,000 hectares…
The growing water crisis | La creciente crisis hídrica
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The current water shortage in much of the country requires urgent actions to mitigate its consequences; these would also have to serve to define long-range programs, since water insecurity will not disappear with the arrival of the rainy season. Indeed, except for the humid plain region: essentially Beni, Pando and the north…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 