Yuri Neves reports for InSight Crime: Officials within the agency entrusted with protecting Bolivia’s forests falsified data and provided documents legitimizing the illegal harvesting of timber, a scheme that occurs throughout South America. René Noel Sivila Céspedes is accused of signing more than 2,096 documents that allowed for the clearing of protected areas while he was the…
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The Persians are coming
Humberto Vacaflor writes for El Diario, old picture at the bottom is from the early days of evo in government, he always showed preference to meet with Iran, Libya, Siria autocrats: The noises of the Persian armies are getting closer and closer to Bolivian reality, as it had happened to the Greeks 2,500 years ago,…
Cold wave lashes rural area
El Diario reports: Government guarantees supply 2,200 families were affected, one deceased was reported in Chuquisaca and more than 30 thousand camelids are at risk of perishing 700 hectares of coffee, plantain, cassava, potatoes, corn and grasslands endure the climate impact The cold wave that reached the Bolivian territory from the beginning of last week…
CDC issues travel notice for Bolivia due to outbreak of hemorrhagic fever
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice this week for Bolivia. The notice is in response to an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever was recently reported in Bolivia, which is likely due to an arenavirus that appears similar to Chapare virus. The first case was in a man from Caranavi Province. A…
The Dirty Business Behind Bolivia’s Clean Energy Plants
Thomas Graham writes for World Politics Review: Use the links provided to read in full this excellent but striking depiction of evo’s delusions! https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28048/the-dirty-business-behind-bolivia-s-clean-energy-plans
Bolivia declares emergency plan to end gender killings
VOA for Citizen Digital: Bolivia, which has one of South America’s highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and will step up efforts to tackle growing violence, a top government rights official said on Tuesday. Since January authorities have recorded 73 femicides – the killing of…
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