By Vision 360: Mining contamination Three Indigenous organizations from Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí will arrive in La Paz this Friday to participate in a public hearing at the ALP. They will denounce the contamination affecting their residents as a consequence of mining. A highland resident undergoes an analysis to measure mercury damage. PHOTO: Cenda…
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Demasiada agua: la fiebre del oro y el cambio climático sumergen a un pueblo boliviano | Too much water: Gold rush, climate change submerge Bolivian village
Por Gonzalo Torrico, Fotos Aizar Raldes, AFP; KTen ABC News: Rafael Quispe navega en una balsa improvisada por lo que solían ser las calles de su pueblo en el occidente de Bolivia Tipuani ha estado bajo el agua durante dos meses El daño causado por la minería de oro en las riberas del río Tipuani…
Madidi: Denouncement that interest in land and gold encourages usurpers to harass indigenous people | Denuncian que el interés por la tierra y el oro promueven que avasalladores acosen a indígenas
By Erbol: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Bolivian Commission for the Defense of Protected Areas (COPDEAPBO) denounced that the long-standing interest in acquiring large tracts of land and the recent incursion of illegal gold mining in the Madidi National Park and Integrated Natural Management Area have led to the formation of groups of usurpers who seize land…
Twenty years filled with corruption and drug trafficking, unpunished! | Veinte años plagados de corrupción y narcotráfico, ¡impunes!
By El Diario: Congresswoman Toribia Lero Citizens must not forget 20 years of Morales and ‘masismo’ Congresswoman Toribia Lero (CC), while emphasizing that Evo Morales cannot escape his responsibilities with the justice system, stated that the population should not forget the nearly twenty years of MAS rule, during which corruption and drug trafficking levels increased….
Francisco Marupa: A crime against a tireless defender of indigenous territory and the environment | Un crimen contra un defensor incansable del territorio indígena y del medioambiente
By Los Tiempos: More Than 80 Institutions Demand Justice for Marupa’s Murder Accused of Marupa’s Death Sent to Prison | APG Eighty organizations, institutions, and civil society networks, both national and international, demanded yesterday the clarification of the murder of indigenous leader and defender Francisco Marupa. They called for legal sanctions against both the “material…
The Vulnerability of Lowland Indigenous Peoples | La vulnerabilidad de los indígenas de tierras bajas
Editorial, El Deber: His name was Francisco Marupa, he was 68 years old, and he belonged to the Leco indigenous people, who live around Madidi National Park and the Apolo province—an area overrun by illegal gold mining, with almost no state presence. He was murdered, and the reasons for his death remain unclear, but the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 