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Bolivia president feels election heat amid anger over wildfires
Mat Youkee reports for The Guardian: Polls suggest Evo Morales may face a run-off vote after being blamed for devastating blazes Heavy rains have all but extinguished the devastating wildfires that tore through the dry forests of eastern Bolivia for nearly two months. But, with national elections approaching, recriminations over the blazes have ratcheted up tensions in…
Evo Morales faces toughest test to keep power in Bolivia
Carlos Valdez reports for The Washington Post: A campaign poster featuring President Evo Morales giving a thumbs up reads in Spanish “Evo and the people. Secure future” on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Morales coasted to victory in previous elections, becoming the longest-serving leader of a nation long notorious for…
Heavy Rains Extinguish Monthslong Fires in Bolivia
Reuters for The New York Times: Firefighters of Bolivia’s Army patrolling an area where wildfires have destroyed forest at Rancho Grande village in Robore, Bolivia, last month.CreditCreditEdgard Garrido/Reuters Recent heavy rains in the Bolivian Amazon have helped put out forest fires that have raged for two months across the landlocked South American nation, charring more…
Chiquitania fire, war crime
Editorial from El Diario, photos from the internet: The enormous fires of forests and grasslands in the country, mainly in Chiquitania, where immense fields of about 50 thousand square kilometers burned for two months, have left devastated lands, covered with ashes. The tragedy has caused public outrage and, at the same time, the reaction of…
Bolivia wildfires in east extinguished by rain
BBC reports: Heavy rains have extinguished wildfires which destroyed more than four million hectares of land in eastern Bolivia in recent months, officials say. “It has rained all across Chiquitanía and our satellite no longer shows any active forest fires,” a Santa Cruz province official said. The fires triggered mass protests against the environmental policies…
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