Drug factories multiply in the depths of protected areas – Se multiplican las fábricas de droga en las entrañas de las áreas protegidas

Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: Historical data between 2017 and 2021 from the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn) shows an increase in drug factories within protection zones, forest reserves and indigenous territories “Payroll: Calicha, Negro, Adam, Maira; 4,956 (Kg)”, says the notebook found in May of last year by agents of the Special Force…

In Bolivia, Indigenous groups fear the worst from dam project on Beni River

by Iván Paredes Tamayo on 11 January 2022 | Translated by Max Radwin, Mongabay: More than 5,000 Indigenous people would be impacted by flooding from the construction of two dams in Bolivia, according to Indigenous organizations and environmentalists. Successive governments have mulled the Chepete-El Bala hydroelectric project for more than half a century, and the current administration of…

Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say

Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…

Discriminador y racista – Luchin – Discriminator and racist

Editorial, Los Tiempos: Blatant discrimination On Sunday, in Santa Cruz, the President of the State accused “the right” of exercising discrimination and racism against the most humble, while in the same city, in another place, dozens of indigenous people from the lowlands have been waiting for 54 days the attention of the Government to raise…

“It is necessary to heal the serious wounds inflicted on nature”

AMERICA/BOLIVIA – “It is necessary to heal the serious wounds inflicted on nature” urges Archbishop Gualberti Agenzia Fides: Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – “It is necessary to change our mentality and adopt an ecological spirituality, to stop the irrational exploitation of non-renewable natural resources, wild deforestation, forest fires, even of reserves and national parks. But…