Editorial, El Deber: La problemática de la tierra en Santa Cruz La problemática de la tierra está llegando a límites preocupantes en el departamento de Santa Cruz, mientras el Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria (INRA) y la Administradora de Bosques y Tierras (ABT) miran a un costado y no asumen el control que les toca….
Tag: illegal land take overs
Illegal forest clearing and mining concessions – Desmontes y concesiones mineras ilegales
ANF, Los Tiempos: Protected areas face clearing and mining concessions, park rangers denounce Protected Areas face serious problems of clearing plans and “invasion” of mining concessions, with scarce economic resources, without sufficient personnel and with a general director of the National Service of Protected Areas (Sernap) who has no commitment to these areas, but with…
Land Trafficking Fuels Constant Corruption in Bolivia
InSight Crime: The arrest of a Bolivian minister for alleged bribery related to land trafficking highlights how this practice has fueled corruption in the country time and time again. Last week, Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo announced that his cabinet colleague and the Minister for Rural Development and Land, Edwin Ronald Characayo Villega, had been arrested along…
Government corruption – Corrupción gubernamental
Editorial, Página Siete: In high places as in the underworld It is not common for a minister to fall red-handed. In general, corruption in political spheres is white collar, difficult to track and with the use of straw owners, emissaries, third parties or bribery collectors. Not for that it is better. All corruption is harmful…
Who governs Bolivia? – ¿Quién gobierna Bolivia?
Editorial, El Deber: La Chiquitania on the way to becoming another Chapare The Chiquitania is at risk. The protected area of Bajo Paraguá, which belongs to the municipality of San Ignacio de Velasco, has been crossed by clearings, trails and gaps, one of them 8 kilometers long and 12 meters wide, and in the area…
Illegal raids in Santa Cruz overwhelm agribusiness … and ruling government’s negative “role”
El Diario reports: Recurrence invasion to productive lands Illegal raids in Santa Cruz overwhelm agribusiness • There would be more than 136 productive properties affected by the actions of the so-called “land grabbers”, whose actions, in many cases vandalism, expose legal security and affect production, as well as future investments • A television program denounced…
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